athwartships
Across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel.
Length
12
Scrabble
23
WWF
22
Starts
AT
Ends
IPS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ATHWARTSHIPS” Mean?
Across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel.
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
12
Vowels
3
Consonants
9
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Definition
Across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel.
Length
12 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
S
Vowels
3
Consonants
9
Letters
A, T, H, W, A, R, T, S, H, I, P, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★ATHWARTSHIPS has a Scrabble score of 23. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ATHWARTSHIPS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ATHWARTSHIPS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ATHWARTSHIPS 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
4
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDAEBFCGHF
CV Pattern
VCCCVCCCCVCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
AT, TH, HW, WA, AR, RT, TS, SH, HI, IP, PS
Trigrams
ATH, THW, HWA, WAR, ART, RTS, TSH, SHI, HIP, IPS
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