costume
Costume can refer to the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball, unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place, or the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments). As a verb, costume can mean to furnish with costumes; as for a film or play or dress in a costume.
Length
7
Scrabble
11
WWF
14
Starts
CO
Ends
UME
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “COSTUME” Mean?
costume has 6 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
4 sensesthe attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
“he won the prize for best costume”
unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place
“in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume”
the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class
“he wore his national costume”
Verb
2 sensesdress in a costume
“We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins”
furnish with costumes; as for a film or play
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
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Definition
the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
Length
7 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
C, O, S, T, U, M, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆COSTUME has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆COSTUME is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆COSTUME can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆COSTUME uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFG
CV Pattern
CVCCVCV
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
CO, OS, ST, TU, UM, ME
Trigrams
COS, OST, STU, TUM, UME
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