chicken
Chicken can refer to the flesh of a chicken used for food, a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy, or a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl. Chicken is also used as adjective, with meanings including easily frightened.
Length
7
Scrabble
18
WWF
20
Starts
CH
Ends
KEN
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “CHICKEN” Mean?
chicken has 5 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
1 senseeasily frightened
Synonyms
Noun
4 sensesa domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
7
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
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Definition
easily frightened
Length
7 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
N
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Letters
C, H, I, C, K, E, N
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★CHICKEN has a Scrabble score of 18. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CHICKEN is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CHICKEN can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CHICKEN contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCADEF
CV Pattern
CCVCCVC
Vowel Share
29%
Consonant Share
71%
Bigrams
CH, HI, IC, CK, KE, EN
Trigrams
CHI, HIC, ICK, CKE, KEN
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