laterally
Laterally is also used as adverb, with meanings including to or by or from the side.
Length
9
Scrabble
12
WWF
14
Starts
LA
Ends
LLY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “LATERALLY” Mean?
laterally has 2 documented senses across adverb.
Adverb
2 sensesto or by or from the side
“such women carry in their heads kinship knowledge of six generations depth and extending laterally among consanguineal kin as far as the grandchildren of second cousin”
in a lateral direction or location
“the body is spindle-shaped and only slightly compressed laterally”
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
to or by or from the side
Length
9 letters
Starts With
L
Ends With
Y
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
L, A, T, E, R, A, L, L, Y
Use Case
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Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆LATERALLY has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆LATERALLY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆LATERALLY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆LATERALLY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDEBAAF
CV Pattern
CVCVCVCCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
LA, AT, TE, ER, RA, AL, LL, LY
Trigrams
LAT, ATE, TER, ERA, RAL, ALL, LLY
Crossword Intelligence
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