buttercup
Buttercup can refer to any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus.
Length
9
Scrabble
15
WWF
20
Starts
BU
Ends
CUP
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “BUTTERCUP” Mean?
/ˈbʌt.ə.kʌp/
buttercup has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 senseany of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
Synonyms for BUTTERCUP
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
Length
9 letters
Starts With
B
Ends With
P
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
B, U, T, T, E, R, C, U, P
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★BUTTERCUP has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆BUTTERCUP is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆BUTTERCUP can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆BUTTERCUP 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
ABCCDEFBG
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
BU, UT, TT, TE, ER, RC, CU, UP
Trigrams
BUT, UTT, TTE, TER, ERC, RCU, CUP
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