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fledge

/flɛdʒ/verb

Fledge commonly means to feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight, decorate with feathers, or grow feathers.

3 meanings6 lettersScrabble 11

Length

6

Scrabble

11

WWF

13

Starts

FL

Ends

DGE

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “FLEDGE” Mean?

/flɛdʒ/

fledge has 3 documented senses across verb.

Verb

3 senses
1

feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight

2

decorate with feathers

fledge an arrow

Synonyms

3

grow feathers

The young sparrows are fledging already

Synonyms

Synonyms for FLEDGE

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

6

Vowels

2

Consonants

4

Word Intelligence

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Definition

feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight

Length

6 letters

Starts With

F

Ends With

E

Vowels

2

Consonants

4

Letters

F, L, E, D, G, E

Use Case

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

Letter Breakdown

f
l
e
d
g
e

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for fledge.

FLEDGE is a 6-letter word.
It has a Scrabble score of 11.
It starts with F and ends with E.
It contains 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
Its vowel share is about 33%.
It has 1 repeated letter.
It is not a palindrome.
Letter pattern: ABCDEC.
Vowel/consonant pattern: CCVCCV.

Word Strategy

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

Scrabble Strategy

★★★★☆

FLEDGE has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

FLEDGE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★★☆

FLEDGE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

FLEDGE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

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Unique Letters

5

Repeated Letters

1

Highest Value Letter

F

Letter Pattern

ABCDEC

CV Pattern

CCVCCV

Vowel Share

33%

Consonant Share

67%

Bigrams

FL, LE, ED, DG, GE

Trigrams

FLE, LED, EDG, DGE

Crossword Intelligence

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

FLEDGE is a 6-letter standard crossword entry.
It starts with F and ends with E, which helps narrow crossword crossings.
It contains 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
Its vowel/consonant pattern is CCVCCV.
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 6 letters and is suitable for medium-length word games.
Its consonant/vowel pattern is CCVCCV, making it relatively challenging to recognize.
With a Scrabble score of 11, it offers moderate scoring potential.
The word begins with F and ends with E, making it useful for solving pattern-based puzzles.
Some letters repeat, which can be useful when identifying anagrams.

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