caravel
A light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration.
Length
7
Scrabble
12
WWF
15
Starts
CA
Ends
VEL
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “CARAVEL” Mean?
A light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration.
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
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Definition
A light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration.
Length
7 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
L
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
C, A, R, A, V, E, L
Use Case
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆CARAVEL has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CARAVEL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CARAVEL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CARAVEL contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
V
Letter Pattern
ABCBDEF
CV Pattern
CVCVCVC
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
CA, AR, RA, AV, VE, EL
Trigrams
CAR, ARA, RAV, AVE, VEL
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