jolly
Jolly can refer to a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work or a happy party. As a verb, jolly can mean to be silly or tease one another.
Length
5
Scrabble
15
WWF
18
Starts
JO
Ends
LLY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “JOLLY” Mean?
/ˈdʒɒli/
jolly has 5 documented senses across adjective, noun, adverb, verb.
Adjective
1 senseNoun
2 sensesa happy party
a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
Adverb
1 senseto certain extent or degree
“pretty big”
“pretty bad”
“jolly decent of him”
“the shoes are priced reasonably”
Verb
1 senseScrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
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Definition
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
Length
5 letters
Starts With
J
Ends With
Y
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
J, O, L, L, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★JOLLY can be valuable in Scrabble because it includes a high-impact letter. Look for premium squares and parallel plays.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆JOLLY is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆JOLLY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆JOLLY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
J
Letter Pattern
ABCCD
CV Pattern
CVCCC
Vowel Share
20%
Consonant Share
80%
Bigrams
JO, OL, LL, LY
Trigrams
JOL, OLL, LLY
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