fess
Fess can refer to (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
Length
4
Scrabble
7
WWF
7
Starts
FE
Ends
ESS
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “FESS” Mean?
fess has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sense(heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield
Synonyms
Synonyms for FESS
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Vowels
1
Consonants
3
Word Intelligence
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Definition
(heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield
Length
4 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
S
Vowels
1
Consonants
3
Letters
F, E, S, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆FESS has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆FESS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆FESS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 4-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆FESS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
3
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCC
CV Pattern
CVCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
FE, ES, SS
Trigrams
FES, ESS
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