crescent
Crescent can refer to any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters. Crescent is also used as adjective, with meanings including resembling the new moon in shape.
Length
8
Scrabble
12
WWF
15
Starts
CR
Ends
ENT
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CRESCENT” Mean?
/ˈkɹɛ.zənt/
crescent has 2 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
1 senseNoun
1 senseany shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
8
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
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Definition
resembling the new moon in shape
Length
8 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
T
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Letters
C, R, E, S, C, E, N, T
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆CRESCENT has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CRESCENT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CRESCENT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CRESCENT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDACEF
CV Pattern
CCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
CR, RE, ES, SC, CE, EN, NT
Trigrams
CRE, RES, ESC, SCE, CEN, ENT
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