cress
Cress can refer to any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste or pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs.
Length
5
Scrabble
7
WWF
8
Starts
CR
Ends
ESS
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “CRESS” Mean?
/kɹɛs/
cress has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesany of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
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Definition
any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
Length
5 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
S
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
C, R, E, S, S
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆CRESS has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆CRESS is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆CRESS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆CRESS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDD
CV Pattern
CCVCC
Vowel Share
20%
Consonant Share
80%
Bigrams
CR, RE, ES, SS
Trigrams
CRE, RES, ESS
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