buttonhole
Buttonhole can refer to a hole through which buttons are pushed. As a verb, buttonhole can mean to detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors.
Length
10
Scrabble
15
WWF
18
Starts
BU
Ends
OLE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “BUTTONHOLE” Mean?
buttonhole has 2 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
1 sensea hole through which buttons are pushed
Verb
1 sensedetain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
Synonyms
Synonyms for BUTTONHOLE
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a hole through which buttons are pushed
Length
10 letters
Starts With
B
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
B, U, T, T, O, N, H, O, L, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★BUTTONHOLE has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆BUTTONHOLE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆BUTTONHOLE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆BUTTONHOLE 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
2
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCCDEFDGH
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCVCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
BU, UT, TT, TO, ON, NH, HO, OL, LE
Trigrams
BUT, UTT, TTO, TON, ONH, NHO, HOL, OLE
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