houndstooth
A two-colour fabric pattern of broken checks.
Length
11
Scrabble
18
WWF
18
Starts
HO
Ends
OTH
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “HOUNDSTOOTH” Mean?
A two-colour fabric pattern of broken checks.
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
11
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
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Definition
A two-colour fabric pattern of broken checks.
Length
11 letters
Starts With
H
Ends With
H
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Letters
H, O, U, N, D, S, T, O, O, T, H
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
★★★★★HOUNDSTOOTH has a Scrabble score of 18. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆HOUNDSTOOTH is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆HOUNDSTOOTH can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆HOUNDSTOOTH contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
4
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGBBGA
CV Pattern
CVVCCCCVVCC
Vowel Share
36%
Consonant Share
64%
Bigrams
HO, OU, UN, ND, DS, ST, TO, OO, OT, TH
Trigrams
HOU, OUN, UND, NDS, DST, STO, TOO, OOT, OTH
Crossword Intelligence
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