capillary
Capillary can refer to a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action or any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules. Capillary is also used as adjective, with meanings including long and slender with a very small internal diameter.
Length
9
Scrabble
16
WWF
19
Starts
CA
Ends
ARY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CAPILLARY” Mean?
/kəˈpɪ.lə.ɹi/
capillary has 4 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
2 sensesof or relating to hair
Noun
2 sensesa tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
Synonyms for CAPILLARY
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
of or relating to hair
Length
9 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
Y
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
C, A, P, I, L, L, A, R, Y
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★CAPILLARY has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CAPILLARY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CAPILLARY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆CAPILLARY 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
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDEEBFG
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
CA, AP, PI, IL, LL, LA, AR, RY
Trigrams
CAP, API, PIL, ILL, LLA, LAR, ARY
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