petrify
Petrify commonly means to cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright, make rigid and set into a conventional pattern, or change into stone.
Length
7
Scrabble
15
WWF
15
Starts
PE
Ends
IFY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “PETRIFY” Mean?
/ˈpɛ.tɹəˌfaɪ/
petrify has 3 documented senses across verb.
Verb
3 sensescause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright
“The horror petrified his feelings”
“Fear petrified her thinking”
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
7
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
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Definition
cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright
Length
7 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
Y
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Letters
P, E, T, R, I, F, Y
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PETRIFY has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PETRIFY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PETRIFY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
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★★★★☆PETRIFY uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFG
CV Pattern
CVCCVCC
Vowel Share
29%
Consonant Share
71%
Bigrams
PE, ET, TR, RI, IF, FY
Trigrams
PET, ETR, TRI, RIF, IFY
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