cocktail
Cocktail can refer to an appetizer served as a first course at a meal or a short mixed drink.
Length
8
Scrabble
16
WWF
19
Starts
CO
Ends
AIL
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “COCKTAIL” Mean?
/ˈkɒkteɪl/
cocktail has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesa short mixed drink
an appetizer served as a first course at a meal
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a short mixed drink
Length
8 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
L
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
C, O, C, K, T, A, I, L
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★COCKTAIL has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆COCKTAIL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆COCKTAIL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆COCKTAIL contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABACDEFG
CV Pattern
CVCCCVVC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
CO, OC, CK, KT, TA, AI, IL
Trigrams
COC, OCK, CKT, KTA, TAI, AIL
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