bother
Bother commonly means to take the trouble to do something; concern oneself, cause inconvenience or discomfort to, or cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. As a noun, bother can refer to an angry disturbance or something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness.
Length
6
Scrabble
11
WWF
11
Starts
BO
Ends
HER
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “BOTHER” Mean?
/ˈbɒðəɹ/
bother has 8 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensessomething or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
“a bit of a bother”
“he's not a friend, he's an infliction”
“washing dishes was a pain in the neck before we got a dish washer”
Verb
6 sensestake the trouble to do something; concern oneself
“He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday”
“Don't bother, please”
Synonyms
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
“Sorry to trouble you, but …”
intrude or enter uninvited
“Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers”
make nervous or agitated
“The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster”
“The bad news will bother him”
“The performance is likely to bother Sue”
make confused or perplexed or puzzled
“The bad news will bother him”
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
an angry disturbance
Length
6 letters
Starts With
B
Ends With
R
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
B, O, T, H, E, R
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆BOTHER has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆BOTHER is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆BOTHER 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
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEF
CV Pattern
CVCCVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
BO, OT, TH, HE, ER
Trigrams
BOT, OTH, THE, HER
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