downwind
Downwind is also used as adjective or adverb, with meanings including towards the side away from the wind or with the wind; in the direction the wind is blowing.
Length
8
Scrabble
16
WWF
18
Starts
DO
Ends
IND
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DOWNWIND” Mean?
/ˌdaʊnˈwɪnd/
downwind has 3 documented senses across adjective, adverb.
Adjective
1 sensetowards the side away from the wind
Synonyms
Adverb
2 senseswith the wind; in the direction the wind is blowing
“they flew downwind”
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
8
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
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Definition
towards the side away from the wind
Length
8 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
D
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Letters
D, O, W, N, W, I, N, D
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★DOWNWIND has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DOWNWIND is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DOWNWIND can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DOWNWIND contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
W
Letter Pattern
ABCDCEDA
CV Pattern
CVCCCVCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
DO, OW, WN, NW, WI, IN, ND
Trigrams
DOW, OWN, WNW, NWI, WIN, IND
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