cathead
A heavy piece of timber projecting somewhat horizontally from each side of the bow of a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured when not used, from its stock end.
Length
7
Scrabble
13
WWF
13
Starts
CA
Ends
EAD
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “CATHEAD” Mean?
A heavy piece of timber projecting somewhat horizontally from each side of the bow of a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured when not used, from its stock end.
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
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Definition
A heavy piece of timber projecting somewhat horizontally from each side of the bow of a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured when not used, from its stock end.
Length
7 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
D
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
C, A, T, H, E, A, D
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆CATHEAD has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CATHEAD is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CATHEAD can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CATHEAD 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
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEBF
CV Pattern
CVCCVVC
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
CA, AT, TH, HE, EA, AD
Trigrams
CAT, ATH, THE, HEA, EAD
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