downcast
Downcast can refer to a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine. Downcast is also used as adjective, with meanings including filled with melancholy and despondency.
Length
8
Scrabble
14
WWF
16
Starts
DO
Ends
AST
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DOWNCAST” Mean?
/ˈdaʊnkæst/
downcast has 3 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
2 sensesdirected downward
“a downcast glance”
filled with melancholy and despondency
“gloomy at the thought of what he had to face”
“gloomy predictions”
“a gloomy silence”
“took a grim view of the economy”
Noun
1 sensea ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
Synonyms for DOWNCAST
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
8
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
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Definition
directed downward
Length
8 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
T
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Letters
D, O, W, N, C, A, S, T
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★DOWNCAST has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DOWNCAST is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
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★★★☆☆DOWNCAST can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
W
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGH
CV Pattern
CVCCCVCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
DO, OW, WN, NC, CA, AS, ST
Trigrams
DOW, OWN, WNC, NCA, CAS, AST
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