pahoehoe
Pahoehoe can refer to freely flowing lava.
Length
8
Scrabble
16
WWF
15
Starts
PA
Ends
HOE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PAHOEHOE” Mean?
/pəˈhəʊihəʊi/
pahoehoe has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensefreely flowing lava
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
8
Vowels
5
Consonants
3
Word Intelligence
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Definition
freely flowing lava
Length
8 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
E
Vowels
5
Consonants
3
Letters
P, A, H, O, E, H, O, E
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
★★★★★PAHOEHOE has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PAHOEHOE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PAHOEHOE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PAHOEHOE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDECDE
CV Pattern
CVCVVCVV
Vowel Share
63%
Consonant Share
37%
Bigrams
PA, AH, HO, OE, EH, HO, OE
Trigrams
PAH, AHO, HOE, OEH, EHO, HOE
Crossword Intelligence
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