heavy
Heavy can refer to an actor who plays villainous roles or a serious (or tragic) role in a play. Heavy is also used as adjective or adverb, with meanings including of comparatively great physical weight or density or slowly as if burdened by much weight.
Length
5
Scrabble
14
WWF
13
Starts
HE
Ends
AVY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “HEAVY” Mean?
/ˈhɛ.vi/
heavy has 30 documented senses across adjective, noun, adverb.
Adjective
27 sensesof comparatively great physical weight or density
“a heavy load”
“lead is a heavy metal”
“heavy mahogany furniture”
unusually great in degree or quantity or number
“heavy taxes”
“a heavy fine”
“heavy casualties”
“heavy losses”
of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
“heavy artillery”
“heavy infantry”
“a heavy cruiser”
“heavy guns”
marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
“a heavy heart”
“a heavy schedule”
“heavy news”
“a heavy silence”
usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
Synonyms
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of great intensity or power or force
“a heavy blow”
“the fighting was heavy”
“heavy seas”
(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
“heavy hydrogen”
“heavy water”
(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
“Iago is the heavy role in ‘Othello’”
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
“dense smoke”
“heavy fog”
“impenetrable gloom”
Synonyms
of relatively large extent and density
“a heavy line”
made of fabric having considerable thickness
“a heavy coat”
given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
“a hard drinker”
Synonyms
large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
“a heavy truck”
“heavy machinery”
dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
“a heavy pudding”
sharply inclined
“a heavy grade”
full of; bearing great weight
“trees heavy with fruit”
“vines weighed down with grapes”
Noun
2 sensesan actor who plays villainous roles
a serious (or tragic) role in a play
Adverb
1 senseScrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
of comparatively great physical weight or density
Length
5 letters
Starts With
H
Ends With
Y
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
H, E, A, V, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★HEAVY has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆HEAVY 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
★★★★☆HEAVY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆HEAVY 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
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CVVCC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
HE, EA, AV, VY
Trigrams
HEA, EAV, AVY
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