arrest
Arrest can refer to the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) or the state of inactivity following an interruption. As a verb, arrest can mean to cause to come to an abrupt stop, take into custody, or hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of.
Length
6
Scrabble
6
WWF
6
Starts
AR
Ends
EST
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “ARREST” Mean?
/əˈɹɛst/
arrest has 6 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensesthe act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
“the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar”
Synonyms
Verb
4 sensesScrabble Score
6
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
Length
6 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
T
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
A, R, R, E, S, T
Use Case
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★☆☆☆ARREST has a Scrabble score of 6. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ARREST is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆ARREST can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ARREST contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
A
Letter Pattern
ABBCDE
CV Pattern
VCCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
AR, RR, RE, ES, ST
Trigrams
ARR, RRE, RES, EST
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