foothold
Foothold can refer to an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies, a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing, or an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments.
Length
8
Scrabble
15
WWF
15
Starts
FO
Ends
OLD
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “FOOTHOLD” Mean?
/ˈfʊthoʊld/
foothold has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesan area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
“an attempt to secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines”
“the only foothold left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar”
Synonyms
a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
Synonyms
an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments
“the town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors”
“they are presently attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market”
Synonyms
Synonyms for FOOTHOLD
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
Length
8 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
D
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
F, O, O, T, H, O, L, D
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★FOOTHOLD has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆FOOTHOLD is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆FOOTHOLD can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆FOOTHOLD contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABBCDBEF
CV Pattern
CVVCCVCC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
FO, OO, OT, TH, HO, OL, LD
Trigrams
FOO, OOT, OTH, THO, HOL, OLD
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