flush
Flush can refer to the period of greatest prosperity or productivity, a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health, or a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit. As a verb, flush can mean to cause to flow through something, turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame, or glow or cause to glow with warm color or light.
Length
5
Scrabble
11
WWF
12
Starts
FL
Ends
USH
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “FLUSH” Mean?
flush has 18 documented senses across adjective, noun, adverb, verb.
Adjective
2 sensesof a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
“a door flush with the wall”
“the bottom of the window is flush with the floor”
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
“an affluent banker”
“a speculator flush with cash”
“not merely rich but loaded”
“moneyed aristocrats”
Noun
7 sensessudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
“he heard the flush of a toilet”
“there was a little gush of blood”
“she attacked him with an outpouring of words”
Synonyms
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sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
Synonyms
Adverb
2 sensessquarely or solidly
“hit him flush in the face”
in the same plane
“set it flush with the top of the table”
Verb
7 sensescause to flow through something
“The garbage flushed down the river”
glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
“the sky flushed with rosy splendor”
Show 1 more verb definition
cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
“flush the meadows”
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
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Definition
of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
Length
5 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
H
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
F, L, U, S, H
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
★★★★☆FLUSH has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆FLUSH 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
★★★★☆FLUSH can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆FLUSH 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
CCVCC
Vowel Share
20%
Consonant Share
80%
Bigrams
FL, LU, US, SH
Trigrams
FLU, LUS, USH
Crossword Intelligence
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