downfield
Downfield is also used as adjective or adverb, with meanings including located at, or relatively closer to, the defending team's end of the playing field or in the direction of the defending team's end of the playing field.
Length
9
Scrabble
17
WWF
19
Starts
DO
Ends
ELD
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DOWNFIELD” Mean?
downfield has 2 documented senses across adjective, adverb.
Adjective
1 senselocated at, or relatively closer to, the defending team's end of the playing field
“he threw to a downfield receiver”
Adverb
1 sensein the direction of the defending team's end of the playing field
“he caught the ball and ran downfield 15 yards”
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
located at, or relatively closer to, the defending team's end of the playing field
Length
9 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
D
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
D, O, W, N, F, I, E, L, D
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★DOWNFIELD has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DOWNFIELD is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DOWNFIELD can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DOWNFIELD contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
W
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHA
CV Pattern
CVCCCVVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
DO, OW, WN, NF, FI, IE, EL, LD
Trigrams
DOW, OWN, WNF, NFI, FIE, IEL, ELD
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