further
Further commonly means to contribute to the progress or growth of or promote the growth of. Further is also used as adjective or adverb, with meanings including more distant in especially degree or in addition or furthermore.
Length
7
Scrabble
13
WWF
13
Starts
FU
Ends
HER
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “FURTHER” Mean?
/fɜː(ɹ)ðə(ɹ)/
further has 6 documented senses across adjective, adverb, verb.
Adjective
1 sensemore distant in especially degree
“nothing could be further from the truth”
“further from our expectations”
“farther from the truth”
“farther from our expectations”
Synonyms
Adverb
3 sensesto or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (‘further’ is used more often than ‘farther’ in this abstract sense)
“further complicated by uncertainty about the future”
“let's not discuss it further”
“nothing could be further from the truth”
“they are further along in their research than we expected”
Synonyms
in addition or furthermore
“if we further suppose”
“stated further that he would not cooperate with them”
“they are definitely coming; further, they should be here already”
to or at a greater distance in time or space (‘farther’ is used more frequently than ‘further’ in this physical sense)
“farther north”
“moved farther away”
“farther down the corridor”
“the practice may go back still farther to the Druids”
Synonyms
Verb
2 sensesScrabble Score
13
Letters
7
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
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Definition
more distant in especially degree
Length
7 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
R
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Letters
F, U, R, T, H, E, R
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆FURTHER has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆FURTHER is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆FURTHER can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆FURTHER 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
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFC
CV Pattern
CVCCCVC
Vowel Share
29%
Consonant Share
71%
Bigrams
FU, UR, RT, TH, HE, ER
Trigrams
FUR, URT, RTH, THE, HER
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