butterfly
Butterfly can refer to a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down or diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings. As a verb, butterfly can mean to cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking, talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions, or flutter like a butterfly.
Length
9
Scrabble
17
WWF
19
Starts
BU
Ends
FLY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “BUTTERFLY” Mean?
/ˈbʌtə(ɹ)flaɪ/
butterfly has 5 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensesdiurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
Verb
3 sensesScrabble Score
17
Letters
9
Vowels
2
Consonants
7
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Definition
diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
Length
9 letters
Starts With
B
Ends With
Y
Vowels
2
Consonants
7
Letters
B, U, T, T, E, R, F, L, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★BUTTERFLY has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆BUTTERFLY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆BUTTERFLY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆BUTTERFLY 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
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCCDEFGH
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCCC
Vowel Share
22%
Consonant Share
78%
Bigrams
BU, UT, TT, TE, ER, RF, FL, LY
Trigrams
BUT, UTT, TTE, TER, ERF, RFL, FLY
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