astern
Astern is also used as adverb, with meanings including stern foremost or backward.
Length
6
Scrabble
6
WWF
7
Starts
AS
Ends
ERN
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “ASTERN” Mean?
/əˈstɝn/
astern has 3 documented senses across adverb.
Adverb
3 sensesstern foremost or backward
“the steamer went astern at half speed”
(of a ship or an airplane) behind
“we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide”
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
stern foremost or backward
Length
6 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
N
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
A, S, T, E, R, N
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★☆☆☆ASTERN has a Scrabble score of 6. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ASTERN is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆ASTERN can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
A
Letter Pattern
ABCDEF
CV Pattern
VCCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
AS, ST, TE, ER, RN
Trigrams
AST, STE, TER, ERN
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