carat
Carat can refer to a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg or the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold.
Length
5
Scrabble
7
WWF
8
Starts
CA
Ends
RAT
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “CARAT” Mean?
/ˈkæɹ.ət/
carat has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesScrabble Score
7
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg
Length
5 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
T
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
C, A, R, A, T
Use Case
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Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆CARAT has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆CARAT is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆CARAT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CARAT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCBD
CV Pattern
CVCVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
CA, AR, RA, AT
Trigrams
CAR, ARA, RAT
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