northwest
Northwest can refer to the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point, a location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city, or the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees. Northwest is also used as adjective or adverb, with meanings including situated in or oriented toward the northwest or to, toward, or in the northwest.
Length
9
Scrabble
15
WWF
15
Starts
NO
Ends
EST
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “NORTHWEST” Mean?
/nɔɹθˈwɛst/
northwest has 6 documented senses across adjective, noun, adverb.
Adjective
2 sensessituated in or oriented toward the northwest
Synonyms
Noun
3 sensesthe direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point
the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees
Synonyms
a location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city
Adverb
1 senseto, toward, or in the northwest
Synonyms for NORTHWEST
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
9
Vowels
2
Consonants
7
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Definition
situated in or oriented toward the northwest
Length
9 letters
Starts With
N
Ends With
T
Vowels
2
Consonants
7
Letters
N, O, R, T, H, W, E, S, T
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★NORTHWEST has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆NORTHWEST is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆NORTHWEST can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆NORTHWEST 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
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHD
CV Pattern
CVCCCCVCC
Vowel Share
22%
Consonant Share
78%
Bigrams
NO, OR, RT, TH, HW, WE, ES, ST
Trigrams
NOR, ORT, RTH, THW, HWE, WES, EST
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