barricade
Barricade can refer to a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc or a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy. As a verb, barricade can mean to render unsuitable for passage, prevent access to by barricading, or block off with barricades.
Length
9
Scrabble
14
WWF
16
Starts
BA
Ends
ADE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “BARRICADE” Mean?
/ˌbæɹɪˈkeɪd/
barricade has 5 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensesa barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
Synonyms
a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy
“they stormed the barricade”
Verb
3 sensesScrabble Score
14
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
Length
9 letters
Starts With
B
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
B, A, R, R, I, C, A, D, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★BARRICADE has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆BARRICADE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆BARRICADE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆BARRICADE 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
2
Highest Value Letter
B
Letter Pattern
ABCCDEBFG
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
BA, AR, RR, RI, IC, CA, AD, DE
Trigrams
BAR, ARR, RRI, RIC, ICA, CAD, ADE
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