hippopotamus
Hippopotamus can refer to massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa.
Length
12
Scrabble
23
WWF
27
Starts
HI
Ends
MUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “HIPPOPOTAMUS” Mean?
/ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs/
hippopotamus has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensemassive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
Synonyms
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Synonyms for HIPPOPOTAMUS
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
12
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
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Definition
massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
Length
12 letters
Starts With
H
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Letters
H, I, P, P, O, P, O, T, A, M, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★HIPPOPOTAMUS has a Scrabble score of 23. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆HIPPOPOTAMUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆HIPPOPOTAMUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆HIPPOPOTAMUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCCDCDEFGHI
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCVCVC
Vowel Share
42%
Consonant Share
58%
Bigrams
HI, IP, PP, PO, OP, PO, OT, TA, AM, MU, US
Trigrams
HIP, IPP, PPO, POP, OPO, POT, OTA, TAM, AMU, MUS
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