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paella

/paɪˈ(j)ɛlə/•noun

Paella can refer to saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.

1 meaning6 lettersScrabble 8

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

LLA

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “PAELLA” Mean?

/paɪˈ(j)ɛlə/

paella has 1 documented sense across noun.

Noun

1 sense

saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken

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Word Intelligence

Explore the word paella with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken

Length

6 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

P, A, E, L, L, A

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for paella.

PAELLA is a 6-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 8.

It starts with P and ends with A.

It contains 3 vowels and 3 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 50%.

It has 2 repeated letters.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCDDB.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVVCCV.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using paella in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★☆☆

PAELLA has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

PAELLA is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★★☆

PAELLA can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

PAELLA contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

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Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCDDB

CV Pattern

CVVCCV

Vowel Share

50%

Consonant Share

50%

Bigrams

PA, AE, EL, LL, LA

Trigrams

PAE, AEL, ELL, LLA

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for paella.

PAELLA is a 6-letter standard crossword entry.

It starts with P and ends with A, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 3 vowels and 3 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVVCCV.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Medium.