kuru
Kuru can refer to a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned.
Length
4
Scrabble
8
WWF
10
Starts
KU
Ends
URU
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “KURU” Mean?
/ˈkʊɹuː/
kuru has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensea progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
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Definition
a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned
Length
4 letters
Starts With
K
Ends With
U
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
Letters
K, U, R, U
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆KURU has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆KURU is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆KURU can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 4-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆KURU contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
3
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCB
CV Pattern
CVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
KU, UR, RU
Trigrams
KUR, URU
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