cannelure
A ringlike groove, such as that around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling.
Length
9
Scrabble
11
WWF
16
Starts
CA
Ends
URE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CANNELURE” Mean?
A ringlike groove, such as that around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling.
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
A ringlike groove, such as that around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling.
Length
9 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
C, A, N, N, E, L, U, R, E
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆CANNELURE has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CANNELURE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CANNELURE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CANNELURE 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
C
Letter Pattern
ABCCDEFGD
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
CA, AN, NN, NE, EL, LU, UR, RE
Trigrams
CAN, ANN, NNE, NEL, ELU, LUR, URE
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