forelock
Forelock can refer to a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead or a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears.
Length
8
Scrabble
17
WWF
19
Starts
FO
Ends
OCK
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “FORELOCK” Mean?
forelock has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesa lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead
a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears
Synonyms
Synonyms for FORELOCK
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead
Length
8 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
K
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
F, O, R, E, L, O, C, K
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
★★★★★FORELOCK has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆FORELOCK is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆FORELOCK can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆FORELOCK contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDEBFG
CV Pattern
CVCVCVCC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
FO, OR, RE, EL, LO, OC, CK
Trigrams
FOR, ORE, REL, ELO, LOC, OCK
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