legume
Legume can refer to an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae, the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils), or the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case.
Length
6
Scrabble
9
WWF
13
Starts
LE
Ends
UME
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “LEGUME” Mean?
/lɪˈɡjuːm/
legume has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesan erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case
the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
6
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
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Definition
an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
Length
6 letters
Starts With
L
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Letters
L, E, G, U, M, E
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆LEGUME has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆LEGUME is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆LEGUME can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆LEGUME 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
1
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABCDEB
CV Pattern
CVCVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
LE, EG, GU, UM, ME
Trigrams
LEG, EGU, GUM, UME
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