gossamer
Gossamer can refer to a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture or filaments from a web that was spun by a spider. Gossamer is also used as adjective, with meanings including characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy.
Length
8
Scrabble
11
WWF
13
Starts
GO
Ends
MER
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “GOSSAMER” Mean?
/ˈɡɒ.sə.mə/
gossamer has 4 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
2 sensescharacterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
“this smallest and most ethereal of birds”
“gossamer shading through his playing”
Synonyms
so thin as to transmit light
“a hat with a diaphanous veil”
“filmy wings of a moth”
“gauzy clouds of dandelion down”
“gossamer cobwebs”
Noun
2 sensesa gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
Synonyms
Synonyms for GOSSAMER
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
Length
8 letters
Starts With
G
Ends With
R
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
G, O, S, S, A, M, E, R
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆GOSSAMER has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆GOSSAMER is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆GOSSAMER can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆GOSSAMER contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABCCDEFG
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
GO, OS, SS, SA, AM, ME, ER
Trigrams
GOS, OSS, SSA, SAM, AME, MER
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