holdout
Holdout can refer to a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms, a refusal by a negotiator to come to terms in the hope of obtaining a better deal, or the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later.
Length
7
Scrabble
11
WWF
12
Starts
HO
Ends
OUT
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “HOLDOUT” Mean?
holdout has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesa negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms
“their star pitcher was a holdout for six weeks”
a refusal by a negotiator to come to terms in the hope of obtaining a better deal
the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms
Length
7 letters
Starts With
H
Ends With
T
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
H, O, L, D, O, U, T
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆HOLDOUT has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆HOLDOUT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆HOLDOUT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆HOLDOUT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDBEF
CV Pattern
CVCCVVC
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
HO, OL, LD, DO, OU, UT
Trigrams
HOL, OLD, LDO, DOU, OUT
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