lateral
Lateral can refer to a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer. Lateral is also used as adjective, with meanings including situated at or extending to the side.
Length
7
Scrabble
7
WWF
9
Starts
LA
Ends
RAL
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “LATERAL” Mean?
/ˈlæt.ə.ɹəl/
lateral has 3 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
2 sensessituated at or extending to the side
“the lateral branches of a tree”
“{'source': 'Tennyson', 'text': 'shot out sidelong boughs'}”
Synonyms
lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body
“lateral lemniscus”
Noun
1 sensea pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
Synonyms for LATERAL
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
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Definition
situated at or extending to the side
Length
7 letters
Starts With
L
Ends With
L
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
L, A, T, E, R, A, L
Use Case
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Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆LATERAL has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆LATERAL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆LATERAL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆LATERAL contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
L
Letter Pattern
ABCDEBA
CV Pattern
CVCVCVC
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
LA, AT, TE, ER, RA, AL
Trigrams
LAT, ATE, TER, ERA, RAL
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