castanets
Castanets can refer to (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
Length
9
Scrabble
11
WWF
13
Starts
CA
Ends
ETS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CASTANETS” Mean?
/ˌkæs.tə.ˈnɛts/
castanets has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 senseScrabble Score
11
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
Length
9 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
S
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
C, A, S, T, A, N, E, T, S
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆CASTANETS has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CASTANETS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CASTANETS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CASTANETS 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
3
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDBEFDC
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
CA, AS, ST, TA, AN, NE, ET, TS
Trigrams
CAS, AST, STA, TAN, ANE, NET, ETS
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