artifice
Artifice can refer to a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture).
Length
8
Scrabble
13
WWF
14
Starts
AR
Ends
ICE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ARTIFICE” Mean?
/ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪfɪs/
artifice has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensea deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
Synonyms
Synonyms for ARTIFICE
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
8
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
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Definition
a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
Length
8 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Letters
A, R, T, I, F, I, C, E
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆ARTIFICE has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ARTIFICE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ARTIFICE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ARTIFICE 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
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEDFG
CV Pattern
VCCVCVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
AR, RT, TI, IF, FI, IC, CE
Trigrams
ART, RTI, TIF, IFI, FIC, ICE
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