common
Common can refer to a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area. Common is also used as adjective, with meanings including belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public.
Length
6
Scrabble
12
WWF
16
Starts
CO
Ends
MON
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “COMMON” Mean?
/ˈkɒmən/
common has 10 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
9 sensesbelonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
“for the common good”
“common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community”
having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
“the common man”
“a common sailor”
“the common cold”
“a common nuisance”
common to or shared by two or more parties
“a common friend”
“the mutual interests of management and labor”
Synonyms
being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
“common parlance”
“a vernacular term”
“vernacular speakers”
“the vulgar tongue of the masses”
Synonyms
Show 3 more adjective definitions
of low or inferior quality or value
“{'source': 'Shakespeare', 'text': 'of what coarse metal ye are molded'}”
“produced … the common cloths used by the poorer population”
Synonyms
to be expected; standard
“common decency”
Noun
1 senseScrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
Length
6 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
N
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
C, O, M, M, O, N
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆COMMON has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆COMMON is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆COMMON can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆COMMON contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCCBD
CV Pattern
CVCCVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
CO, OM, MM, MO, ON
Trigrams
COM, OMM, MMO, MON
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