crosswind
Crosswind can refer to wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft.
Length
9
Scrabble
15
WWF
17
Starts
CR
Ends
IND
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CROSSWIND” Mean?
/ˈkɹɑːs.wɪnd/
crosswind has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensewind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
9
Vowels
2
Consonants
7
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Definition
wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft
Length
9 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
D
Vowels
2
Consonants
7
Letters
C, R, O, S, S, W, I, N, D
Use Case
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Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★CROSSWIND has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CROSSWIND is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CROSSWIND can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CROSSWIND contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
W
Letter Pattern
ABCDDEFGH
CV Pattern
CCVCCCVCC
Vowel Share
22%
Consonant Share
78%
Bigrams
CR, RO, OS, SS, SW, WI, IN, ND
Trigrams
CRO, ROS, OSS, SSW, SWI, WIN, IND
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