paddle
Paddle can refer to a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel, an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board, or small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games. As a verb, paddle can mean to play in or as if in water, as of small children, swim like a dog in shallow water, or walk unsteadily, with short steps.
Length
6
Scrabble
10
WWF
12
Starts
PA
Ends
DLE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “PADDLE” Mean?
paddle has 10 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
4 sensessmall wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board
a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat
Verb
6 sensespropel with a paddle
“paddle your own canoe”
play in or as if in water, as of small children
Synonyms
swim like a dog in shallow water
stir with a paddle
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
Length
6 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
E
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
P, A, D, D, L, E
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆PADDLE has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PADDLE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆PADDLE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PADDLE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCCDE
CV Pattern
CVCCCV
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
PA, AD, DD, DL, LE
Trigrams
PAD, ADD, DDL, DLE
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