deuce
Deuce can refer to a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game, the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number, or a word used in exclamations of confusion.
Length
5
Scrabble
8
WWF
10
Starts
DE
Ends
UCE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “DEUCE” Mean?
/djuːs/
deuce has 4 documented senses across noun.
Noun
4 sensesa tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
5
Vowels
3
Consonants
2
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Definition
a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
Length
5 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
2
Letters
D, E, U, C, E
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆DEUCE has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆DEUCE 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
★★★★☆DEUCE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DEUCE 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
ABCDB
CV Pattern
CVVCV
Vowel Share
60%
Consonant Share
40%
Bigrams
DE, EU, UC, CE
Trigrams
DEU, EUC, UCE
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