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duchess

/ˈdʌt͡ʃɪs/•noun

Duchess can refer to the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right.

1 meaning7 lettersScrabble 13

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

ESS

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “DUCHESS” Mean?

/ˈdʌt͡ʃɪs/

duchess has 1 documented sense across noun.

Noun

1 sense

the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right

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Word Intelligence

Explore the word duchess with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right

Length

7 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

D, U, C, H, E, S, S

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for duchess.

DUCHESS is a 7-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 13.

It starts with D and ends with S.

It contains 2 vowels and 5 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 29%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCDEFF.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVCCVCC.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using duchess in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★★☆

DUCHESS has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

DUCHESS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★☆☆

DUCHESS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

DUCHESS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside duchess.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCDEFF

CV Pattern

CVCCVCC

Vowel Share

29%

Consonant Share

71%

Bigrams

DU, UC, CH, HE, ES, SS

Trigrams

DUC, UCH, CHE, HES, ESS

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for duchess.

DUCHESS is a 7-letter standard crossword entry.

It starts with D and ends with S, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 2 vowels and 5 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVCCVCC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Medium.