chestnut
Chestnut can refer to wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea, the brown color of chestnuts, or edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea. Chestnut is also used as adjective, with meanings including (of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color.
Length
8
Scrabble
13
WWF
15
Starts
CH
Ends
NUT
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CHESTNUT” Mean?
/ˈtʃɛs.nʌt/
chestnut has 7 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
1 sense(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color
“a chestnut horse”
“chestnut hair”
Noun
6 senseswood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
the brown color of chestnuts
a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
8
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
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Definition
(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color
Length
8 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
T
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Letters
C, H, E, S, T, N, U, T
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆CHESTNUT has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CHESTNUT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
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★★★☆☆CHESTNUT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGE
CV Pattern
CCVCCCVC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
CH, HE, ES, ST, TN, NU, UT
Trigrams
CHE, HES, EST, STN, TNU, NUT
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