female
Female can refer to a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies or an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa). Female is also used as adjective, with meanings including characteristic of or peculiar to a woman.
Length
6
Scrabble
11
WWF
13
Starts
FE
Ends
ALE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “FEMALE” Mean?
/ˈfiː.meɪl/
female has 5 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
3 sensesbeing the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
“a female heir”
“female holly trees bear the berries”
for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls
“the female lead in the play”
“a female chorus”
Noun
2 sensesan animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
Synonyms for FEMALE
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
6
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
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Definition
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
Length
6 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Letters
F, E, M, A, L, E
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆FEMALE has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆FEMALE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆FEMALE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆FEMALE 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
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEB
CV Pattern
CVCVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
FE, EM, MA, AL, LE
Trigrams
FEM, EMA, MAL, ALE
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