football
Football can refer to the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football or any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal.
Length
8
Scrabble
13
WWF
16
Starts
FO
Ends
ALL
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “FOOTBALL” Mean?
/ˈfʊtbɔl/
football has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesany of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
Length
8 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
L
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
F, O, O, T, B, A, L, L
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
★★★★☆FOOTBALL has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆FOOTBALL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆FOOTBALL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆FOOTBALL contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABBCDEFF
CV Pattern
CVVCCVCC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
FO, OO, OT, TB, BA, AL, LL
Trigrams
FOO, OOT, OTB, TBA, BAL, ALL
Crossword Intelligence
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