flood
Flood can refer to the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land, an overwhelming number or amount, or light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography. As a verb, flood can mean to cover with liquid, usually water, fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid, or become filled to overflowing.
Length
5
Scrabble
9
WWF
10
Starts
FL
Ends
OOD
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “FLOOD” Mean?
/flʌd/
flood has 10 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
6 sensesthe rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
“plains fertilized by annual inundations”
Synonyms
an overwhelming number or amount
“a flood of requests”
“a torrent of abuse”
Synonyms
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
Synonyms
a large flow
Synonyms
the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
Synonyms
the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
“{'source': 'Shakespeare', 'text': 'a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune'}”
Verb
4 sensescover with liquid, usually water
“The swollen river flooded the village”
“The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes”
supply with an excess of
“flood the market with tennis shoes”
“Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient”
Synonyms
become filled to overflowing
“Our basement flooded during the heavy rains”
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Word Intelligence
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Definition
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
Length
5 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
D
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
F, L, O, O, D
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆FLOOD has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆FLOOD 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
★★★★☆FLOOD can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆FLOOD contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCCD
CV Pattern
CCVVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
FL, LO, OO, OD
Trigrams
FLO, LOO, OOD
Crossword Intelligence
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