night
Night can refer to the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside, a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom, or the period spent sleeping.
Length
5
Scrabble
9
WWF
10
Starts
NI
Ends
GHT
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “NIGHT” Mean?
/naɪt/
night has 7 documented senses across noun.
Noun
7 sensesa period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
the period spent sleeping
“I had a restless night”
the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
“three nights later he collapsed”
darkness
“it vanished into the night”
a shortening of nightfall
“they worked from morning to night”
Show 1 more noun definition
the time between sunset and midnight
“he watched television every night”
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
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Definition
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
Length
5 letters
Starts With
N
Ends With
T
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
N, I, G, H, T
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
★★★☆☆NIGHT has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆NIGHT 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
★★★★☆NIGHT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆NIGHT uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CVCCC
Vowel Share
20%
Consonant Share
80%
Bigrams
NI, IG, GH, HT
Trigrams
NIG, IGH, GHT
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