award
Award can refer to a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction, a grant made by a law court, or something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery. As a verb, award can mean to give as judged due or on the basis of merit or give, especially as an honor or reward.
Length
5
Scrabble
9
WWF
9
Starts
AW
Ends
ARD
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “AWARD” Mean?
/əˈwɔːd/
award has 5 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
3 sensesa grant made by a law court
“he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court”
Synonyms
something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
“the prize was a free trip to Europe”
Synonyms
Verb
2 sensesgive as judged due or on the basis of merit
“the referee awarded a free kick to the team”
“the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff”
“Funds are granted to qualified researchers”
“They award the money to them”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a grant made by a law court
Length
5 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
D
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
A, W, A, R, D
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆AWARD has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆AWARD is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆AWARD can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆AWARD contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
W
Letter Pattern
ABACD
CV Pattern
VCVCC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
AW, WA, AR, RD
Trigrams
AWA, WAR, ARD
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