lockhouse
A house, often small, beside a canal or river lock, usually occupied by the lockkeeper (locktender) in centuries past, and in some places still so occupied today.
Length
9
Scrabble
18
WWF
20
Starts
LO
Ends
USE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “LOCKHOUSE” Mean?
A house, often small, beside a canal or river lock, usually occupied by the lockkeeper (locktender) in centuries past, and in some places still so occupied today.
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
A house, often small, beside a canal or river lock, usually occupied by the lockkeeper (locktender) in centuries past, and in some places still so occupied today.
Length
9 letters
Starts With
L
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
L, O, C, K, H, O, U, S, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★LOCKHOUSE has a Scrabble score of 18. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆LOCKHOUSE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆LOCKHOUSE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆LOCKHOUSE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDEBFGH
CV Pattern
CVCCCVVCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
LO, OC, CK, KH, HO, OU, US, SE
Trigrams
LOC, OCK, CKH, KHO, HOU, OUS, USE
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