crossways
Crossways is also used as adverb, with meanings including transversely.
Length
9
Scrabble
17
WWF
17
Starts
CR
Ends
AYS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CROSSWAYS” Mean?
crossways has 1 documented sense across adverb.
Adverb
1 senseScrabble Score
17
Letters
9
Vowels
2
Consonants
7
Word Intelligence
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Definition
transversely
Length
9 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
S
Vowels
2
Consonants
7
Letters
C, R, O, S, S, W, A, Y, 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
★★★★★CROSSWAYS has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CROSSWAYS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CROSSWAYS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CROSSWAYS 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
2
Highest Value Letter
W
Letter Pattern
ABCDDEFGD
CV Pattern
CCVCCCVCC
Vowel Share
22%
Consonant Share
78%
Bigrams
CR, RO, OS, SS, SW, WA, AY, YS
Trigrams
CRO, ROS, OSS, SSW, SWA, WAY, AYS
Crossword Intelligence
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