athletics
Athletics can refer to an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition, a contest between athletes, or participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity.
Length
9
Scrabble
14
WWF
15
Starts
AT
Ends
ICS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ATHLETICS” Mean?
/æθˈlɛtɪks/
athletics has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesan active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
Synonyms
a contest between athletes
participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity
Synonyms for ATHLETICS
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
Length
9 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
S
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
A, T, H, L, E, T, I, C, S
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★ATHLETICS has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ATHLETICS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ATHLETICS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆ATHLETICS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEBFGH
CV Pattern
VCCCVCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
AT, TH, HL, LE, ET, TI, IC, CS
Trigrams
ATH, THL, HLE, LET, ETI, TIC, ICS
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