dodge
Dodge can refer to an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade, a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery, or a quick evasive movement. As a verb, dodge can mean to make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid, move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course, or avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).
Length
5
Scrabble
8
WWF
9
Starts
DO
Ends
DGE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “DODGE” Mean?
/dɒdʒ/
dodge has 6 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
3 sensesan elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
“his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track”
Synonyms
a quick evasive movement
Verb
3 sensesmake a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
“The child dodged the teacher's blow”
move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course
“the pickpocket dodged through the crowd”
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Word Intelligence
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Definition
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
Length
5 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
E
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
D, O, D, G, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆DODGE has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆DODGE 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
★★★★☆DODGE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DODGE 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
D
Letter Pattern
ABACD
CV Pattern
CVCCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
DO, OD, DG, GE
Trigrams
DOD, ODG, DGE
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