crease
Crease can refer to an angular or rounded shape made by folding, a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface, or a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade. As a verb, crease can mean to make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ‘crisp’ is archaic, become wrinkled or crumpled or creased, or make wrinkled or creased.
Length
6
Scrabble
8
WWF
9
Starts
CR
Ends
ASE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “CREASE” Mean?
crease has 7 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
3 sensesVerb
4 sensesScrabble Score
8
Letters
6
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
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Definition
an angular or rounded shape made by folding
Length
6 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Letters
C, R, E, A, S, E
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
★★★☆☆CREASE has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CREASE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆CREASE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CREASE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEC
CV Pattern
CCVVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
CR, RE, EA, AS, SE
Trigrams
CRE, REA, EAS, ASE
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