abutment
Abutment can refer to a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge or point of contact between two objects or parts.
Length
8
Scrabble
12
WWF
16
Starts
AB
Ends
ENT
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ABUTMENT” Mean?
/əˈbʌt.mn̩t/
abutment has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensespoint of contact between two objects or parts
a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
point of contact between two objects or parts
Length
8 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
T
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
A, B, U, T, M, E, N, T
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆ABUTMENT has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ABUTMENT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ABUTMENT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆ABUTMENT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
B
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGD
CV Pattern
VCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
AB, BU, UT, TM, ME, EN, NT
Trigrams
ABU, BUT, UTM, TME, MEN, ENT
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