contraband
Contraband can refer to goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law. Contraband is also used as adjective, with meanings including distributed or sold illicitly.
Length
10
Scrabble
15
WWF
19
Starts
CO
Ends
AND
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CONTRABAND” Mean?
/ˈkɒn.tɹəˌbænd/
contraband has 2 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
1 senseNoun
1 sensegoods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
10
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
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Definition
distributed or sold illicitly
Length
10 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
D
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
Letters
C, O, N, T, R, A, B, A, N, D
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★CONTRABAND has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CONTRABAND is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CONTRABAND can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CONTRABAND contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGFCH
CV Pattern
CVCCCVCVCC
Vowel Share
30%
Consonant Share
70%
Bigrams
CO, ON, NT, TR, RA, AB, BA, AN, ND
Trigrams
CON, ONT, NTR, TRA, RAB, ABA, BAN, AND
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