glide
Glide can refer to a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant, the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it, or the activity of flying a glider. As a verb, glide can mean to move smoothly and effortlessly, cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly, or fly in or as if in a glider plane.
Length
5
Scrabble
7
WWF
9
Starts
GL
Ends
IDE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “GLIDE” Mean?
/ˈɡlaɪd/
glide has 6 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
3 sensesa vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
Synonyms
the activity of flying a glider
Synonyms
Verb
3 sensesmove smoothly and effortlessly
“The cars glide down the avenue”
fly in or as if in a glider plane
cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
“They glide the car down the avenue”
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
Length
5 letters
Starts With
G
Ends With
E
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
G, L, I, D, E
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
★★★☆☆GLIDE has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆GLIDE 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
★★★★☆GLIDE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆GLIDE 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
G
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CCVCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
GL, LI, ID, DE
Trigrams
GLI, LID, IDE
Crossword Intelligence
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