hobble
Hobble can refer to a shackle for the ankles or feet or the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg. As a verb, hobble can mean to walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury, hamper the action or progress of, or strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison.
Length
6
Scrabble
13
WWF
15
Starts
HO
Ends
BLE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “HOBBLE” Mean?
/ˈhɒbəl/
hobble has 5 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensesVerb
3 senseshamper the action or progress of
“The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean”
strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison
“hobble race horses”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
a shackle for the ankles or feet
Length
6 letters
Starts With
H
Ends With
E
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
H, O, B, B, L, E
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆HOBBLE has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆HOBBLE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆HOBBLE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆HOBBLE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCCDE
CV Pattern
CVCCCV
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
HO, OB, BB, BL, LE
Trigrams
HOB, OBB, BBL, BLE
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