enfilade
Enfilade can refer to gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation. As a verb, enfilade can mean to rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction.
Length
8
Scrabble
12
WWF
14
Starts
EN
Ends
ADE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ENFILADE” Mean?
/ˌɛnfəlˈeɪd/
enfilade has 2 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
1 sensegunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation
Verb
1 senserake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
8
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
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Definition
gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation
Length
8 letters
Starts With
E
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Letters
E, N, F, I, L, A, D, E
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆ENFILADE has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ENFILADE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ENFILADE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆ENFILADE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGA
CV Pattern
VCCVCVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
EN, NF, FI, IL, LA, AD, DE
Trigrams
ENF, NFI, FIL, ILA, LAD, ADE
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