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field

/fiːld/noun · verb

Field can refer to a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed, a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought, or somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected. As a verb, field can mean to answer adequately or successfully, select (a team or individual player) for a game, or catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket.

21 meanings5 lettersScrabble 9

Length

5

Scrabble

9

WWF

10

Starts

FI

Ends

ELD

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “FIELD” Mean?

/fiːld/

field has 21 documented senses across noun, verb.

Noun

17 senses
1

a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

he planted a field of wheat

2

a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought

they made a tour of Civil War battlefields

3

somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected

anthropologists do much of their work in the field

4

a branch of knowledge

in what discipline is his doctorate?

teachers should be well trained in their subject

anthropology is the study of human beings

5

the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it

6

a particular kind of commercial enterprise

they are outstanding in their field

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7

a particular environment or walk of life

his social sphere is limited

it was a closed area of employment

he's out of my orbit

8

a piece of land prepared for playing a game

the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field

9

extensive tract of level open land

they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain

he longed for the fields of his youth

10

(mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1

the set of all rational numbers is a field

11

a region in which active military operations are in progress

the army was in the field awaiting action

he served in the Vietnam theater for three years

12

all of the horses in a particular horse race

13

all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event

14

a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found

the diamond fields of South Africa

15

(computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information

16

the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)

17

a place where planes take off and land

Synonyms

Verb

4 senses
1

catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket

2

play as a fielder

3

answer adequately or successfully

The lawyer fielded all questions from the press

4

select (a team or individual player) for a game

The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

5

Vowels

2

Consonants

3

Word Intelligence

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Definition

a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

Length

5 letters

Starts With

F

Ends With

D

Vowels

2

Consonants

3

Letters

F, I, E, L, D

Use Case

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

Letter Breakdown

f
i
e
l
d

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for field.

FIELD is a 5-letter word.
It has a Scrabble score of 9.
It starts with F and ends with D.
It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
Its vowel share is about 40%.
It is an isogram, meaning no letter repeats.
It is not a palindrome.
Letter pattern: ABCDE.
Vowel/consonant pattern: CVVCC.

Word Strategy

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

Scrabble Strategy

★★★☆☆

FIELD has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★★★☆

FIELD 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

★★★★☆

FIELD can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★★☆

FIELD uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.

Letter Intelligence

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Unique Letters

5

Repeated Letters

0

Highest Value Letter

F

Letter Pattern

ABCDE

CV Pattern

CVVCC

Vowel Share

40%

Consonant Share

60%

Bigrams

FI, IE, EL, LD

Trigrams

FIE, IEL, ELD

Crossword Intelligence

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

FIELD is a 5-letter standard crossword entry.
It starts with F and ends with D, which helps narrow crossword crossings.
It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVVCC.
Crossword difficulty estimate: Medium.

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Word Usage Insights

Practical observations about how this word performs in different word games and puzzle situations.

This word contains 5 letters and is suitable for medium-length word games.
Its consonant/vowel pattern is CVVCC, making it relatively challenging to recognize.
With a Scrabble score of 9, it offers moderate scoring potential.
The word begins with F and ends with D, making it useful for solving pattern-based puzzles.
Every letter appears only once.

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