dower
Dower can refer to a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband or money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage. As a verb, dower can mean to furnish with an endowment.
Length
5
Scrabble
9
WWF
9
Starts
DO
Ends
WER
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “DOWER” Mean?
/ˈdaʊ.əɹ/
dower has 3 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensesVerb
1 senseScrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
Length
5 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
R
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
D, O, W, E, R
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆DOWER has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆DOWER 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
★★★★☆DOWER can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
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★★★★☆DOWER uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
W
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CVCVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
DO, OW, WE, ER
Trigrams
DOW, OWE, WER
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