onion
Onion can refer to the bulb of an onion plant, an aromatic flavorful vegetable, or bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb.
Length
5
Scrabble
5
WWF
7
Starts
ON
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “ONION” Mean?
/ˈʌnjən/
onion has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesthe bulb of an onion plant
bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb
an aromatic flavorful vegetable
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
5
Vowels
3
Consonants
2
Word Intelligence
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Definition
the bulb of an onion plant
Length
5 letters
Starts With
O
Ends With
N
Vowels
3
Consonants
2
Letters
O, N, I, O, N
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
★★☆☆☆ONION has a Scrabble score of 5. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆ONION 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
★★★★☆ONION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ONION contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
3
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
O
Letter Pattern
ABCAB
CV Pattern
VCVVC
Vowel Share
60%
Consonant Share
40%
Bigrams
ON, NI, IO, ON
Trigrams
ONI, NIO, ION
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