neighborhood
Neighborhood can refer to a surrounding or nearby region, people living near one another, or the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’).
Length
12
Scrabble
22
WWF
23
Starts
NE
Ends
OOD
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “NEIGHBORHOOD” Mean?
/ˈneɪbə.hʊd/
neighborhood has 4 documented senses across noun.
Noun
4 sensesa surrounding or nearby region
“the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville”
“it is a rugged locality”
“he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood”
“I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods”
Synonyms
people living near one another
“it is a friendly neighborhood”
“my neighborhood voted for Bush”
Synonyms
the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’)
“it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job”
“the price is in the neighborhood of $100”
Synonyms
an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)
“an ethnic neighborhood”
Synonyms for NEIGHBORHOOD
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
12
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
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Definition
a surrounding or nearby region
Length
12 letters
Starts With
N
Ends With
D
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Letters
N, E, I, G, H, B, O, R, H, O, O, D
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★NEIGHBORHOOD has a Scrabble score of 22. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆NEIGHBORHOOD is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆NEIGHBORHOOD can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆NEIGHBORHOOD contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHEGGI
CV Pattern
CVVCCCVCCVVC
Vowel Share
42%
Consonant Share
58%
Bigrams
NE, EI, IG, GH, HB, BO, OR, RH, HO, OO, OD
Trigrams
NEI, EIG, IGH, GHB, HBO, BOR, ORH, RHO, HOO, OOD
Crossword Intelligence
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