alder
Alder can refer to wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc or north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant.
Length
5
Scrabble
6
WWF
7
Starts
AL
Ends
DER
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “ALDER” Mean?
/ˈɔːldə/
alder has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 senseswood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc
north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc
Length
5 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
R
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
A, L, D, E, R
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Scrabble Strategy
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Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆ALDER is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
D
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
VCCVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
AL, LD, DE, ER
Trigrams
ALD, LDE, DER
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