mumps
Mumps can refer to an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands.
Length
5
Scrabble
11
WWF
15
Starts
MU
Ends
MPS
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “MUMPS” Mean?
mumps has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensean acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
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Definition
an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands
Length
5 letters
Starts With
M
Ends With
S
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
M, U, M, P, S
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆MUMPS has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆MUMPS is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆MUMPS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆MUMPS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABACD
CV Pattern
CVCCC
Vowel Share
20%
Consonant Share
80%
Bigrams
MU, UM, MP, PS
Trigrams
MUM, UMP, MPS
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