cottabus
An ancient game played by throwing wine at metal disks or pans, trying to knock them down or make them sink in a basin of water.
Length
8
Scrabble
12
WWF
15
Starts
CO
Ends
BUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “COTTABUS” Mean?
An ancient game played by throwing wine at metal disks or pans, trying to knock them down or make them sink in a basin of water.
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
An ancient game played by throwing wine at metal disks or pans, trying to knock them down or make them sink in a basin of water.
Length
8 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
S
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
C, O, T, T, A, B, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆COTTABUS has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆COTTABUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆COTTABUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆COTTABUS 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
C
Letter Pattern
ABCCDEFG
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
CO, OT, TT, TA, AB, BU, US
Trigrams
COT, OTT, TTA, TAB, ABU, BUS
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