around
Around is also used as adverb, with meanings including by a circular or circuitous route.
Length
6
Scrabble
7
WWF
9
Starts
AR
Ends
UND
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “AROUND” Mean?
/əˈɹaʊnd/
around has 10 documented senses across adverb.
Adverb
10 sensesin the area or vicinity
“a few spectators standing about”
“hanging around”
“waited around for the next flight”
Synonyms
by a circular or circuitous route
“He came all the way around the base”
“the road goes around the pond”
used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
“wandering about with no place to go”
“people were rushing about”
“news gets around (or about)”
“traveled around in Asia”
Synonyms
in a circle or circular motion
“The wheels are spinning around”
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
“lasted approximately an hour”
“in just about a minute”
“he's about 30 years old”
“I've had about all I can stand”
Synonyms
Show 4 more adverb definitions
to a particular destination either specified or understood
“she came around to see me”
“I invited them around for supper”
all around or on all sides
“dirty clothes lying around (or about)”
“let's look about for help”
“There were trees growing all around”
“she looked around her”
Synonyms
in circumference
“the trunk is ten feet around”
“the pond is two miles around”
from beginning to end; throughout
“It rains all year round on Skye”
“frigid weather the year around”
Synonyms
Synonyms for AROUND
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
6
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
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Definition
in the area or vicinity
Length
6 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
D
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Letters
A, R, O, U, N, D
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆AROUND has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆AROUND is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆AROUND can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆AROUND uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
D
Letter Pattern
ABCDEF
CV Pattern
VCVVCC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
AR, RO, OU, UN, ND
Trigrams
ARO, ROU, OUN, UND
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