cutthroat
Cutthroat can refer to someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat. Cutthroat is also used as adjective, with meanings including ruthless in competition.
Length
9
Scrabble
14
WWF
15
Starts
CU
Ends
OAT
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CUTTHROAT” Mean?
cutthroat has 2 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
1 senseNoun
1 sensesomeone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
ruthless in competition
Length
9 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
T
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
C, U, T, T, H, R, O, A, T
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★CUTTHROAT has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CUTTHROAT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CUTTHROAT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CUTTHROAT 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
H
Letter Pattern
ABCCDEFGC
CV Pattern
CVCCCCVVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
CU, UT, TT, TH, HR, RO, OA, AT
Trigrams
CUT, UTT, TTH, THR, HRO, ROA, OAT
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