afternoon
Afternoon can refer to the part of the day between noon and evening or a conventional expression of greeting or farewell, used to wish someone a good afternoon.
Length
9
Scrabble
12
WWF
14
Starts
AF
Ends
OON
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “AFTERNOON” Mean?
/ˌɑːf.tə.ˈnuːn/
afternoon has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesthe part of the day between noon and evening
“he spent a quiet afternoon in the park”
a conventional expression of greeting or farewell, used to wish someone a good afternoon
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
the part of the day between noon and evening
Length
9 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
N
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
A, F, T, E, R, N, O, O, N
Use Case
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Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆AFTERNOON has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆AFTERNOON is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆AFTERNOON can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆AFTERNOON contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGGF
CV Pattern
VCCVCCVVC
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
AF, FT, TE, ER, RN, NO, OO, ON
Trigrams
AFT, FTE, TER, ERN, RNO, NOO, OON
Crossword Intelligence
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