kudzu
Kudzu can refer to fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds; grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in the southern United States.
Length
5
Scrabble
19
WWF
21
Starts
KU
Ends
DZU
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “KUDZU” Mean?
/ˈkʊd.zuː/
kudzu has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensefast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds; grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in the southern United States
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds; grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in the southern United States
Length
5 letters
Starts With
K
Ends With
U
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
K, U, D, Z, U
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★KUDZU can be valuable in Scrabble because it includes a high-impact letter. Look for premium squares and parallel plays.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆KUDZU is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
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★★★★☆KUDZU can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆KUDZU contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
Z
Letter Pattern
ABCDB
CV Pattern
CVCCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
KU, UD, DZ, ZU
Trigrams
KUD, UDZ, DZU
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