guru
Guru can refer to a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher or a recognized leader in some field or of some movement.
Length
4
Scrabble
5
WWF
8
Starts
GU
Ends
URU
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “GURU” Mean?
/ˈɡʊɹuː/
guru has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesa Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
a recognized leader in some field or of some movement
“a guru of genomics”
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
4
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
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Definition
a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
Length
4 letters
Starts With
G
Ends With
U
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
Letters
G, U, R, U
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★☆☆☆GURU has a Scrabble score of 5. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆GURU is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆GURU can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 4-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆GURU contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
3
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
G
Letter Pattern
ABCB
CV Pattern
CVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
GU, UR, RU
Trigrams
GUR, URU
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