hood
Hood can refer to an aggressive and violent young criminal, a protective covering that is part of a plant, or an urban, often lower-income inner-city area. As a verb, hood can mean to cover with a hood.
Length
4
Scrabble
8
WWF
7
Starts
HO
Ends
OOD
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “HOOD” Mean?
hood has 11 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
10 sensesa protective covering that is part of a plant
Synonyms
an urban, often lower-income inner-city area
a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera
(falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head
metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes
Show 4 more noun definitions
the folding roof of a carriage
a headdress that protects the head and face
(zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal
Verb
1 sensecover with a hood
“The bandits were hooded”
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
Word Intelligence
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Definition
an aggressive and violent young criminal
Length
4 letters
Starts With
H
Ends With
D
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
Letters
H, O, O, D
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
★★★☆☆HOOD has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆HOOD is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆HOOD can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 4-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆HOOD contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
3
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABBC
CV Pattern
CVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
HO, OO, OD
Trigrams
HOO, OOD
Crossword Intelligence
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