ebony
Ebony can refer to tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork, a very dark black, or hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys. Ebony is also used as adjective, with meanings including of a very dark black.
Length
5
Scrabble
10
WWF
11
Starts
EB
Ends
ONY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “EBONY” Mean?
/ˈɛb.ən.i/
ebony has 4 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
1 senseof a very dark black
Synonyms
Noun
3 sensesa very dark black
Synonyms
hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
of a very dark black
Length
5 letters
Starts With
E
Ends With
Y
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
E, B, O, N, Y
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Scrabble Strategy
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Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆EBONY 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
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
VCVCC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
EB, BO, ON, NY
Trigrams
EBO, BON, ONY
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