harbour
Harbour can refer to a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo or a place of refuge and comfort and security. As a verb, harbour can mean to keep in one's possession; of animals, secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals), or hold back a thought or feeling about.
Length
7
Scrabble
12
WWF
13
Starts
HA
Ends
OUR
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “HARBOUR” Mean?
/ˈhɑːbə/
harbour has 6 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensesVerb
4 sensessecretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)
Synonyms
keep in one's possession; of animals
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
Length
7 letters
Starts With
H
Ends With
R
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
H, A, R, B, O, U, R
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
★★★★☆HARBOUR has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆HARBOUR is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆HARBOUR can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆HARBOUR 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
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFC
CV Pattern
CVCCVVC
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
HA, AR, RB, BO, OU, UR
Trigrams
HAR, ARB, RBO, BOU, OUR
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