poppadom
A thin, crisp Indian food made from lentil flour, optionally spiced or flavoured in various ways and either grilled or deep-fried, which may be eaten on its own as a snack, with chutneys as a starter, or as an accompaniment to a meal.
Length
8
Scrabble
17
WWF
21
Starts
PO
Ends
DOM
Difficulty
Hard
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What Does “POPPADOM” Mean?
A thin, crisp Indian food made from lentil flour, optionally spiced or flavoured in various ways and either grilled or deep-fried, which may be eaten on its own as a snack, with chutneys as a starter, or as an accompaniment to a meal.
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
A thin, crisp Indian food made from lentil flour, optionally spiced or flavoured in various ways and either grilled or deep-fried, which may be eaten on its own as a snack, with chutneys as a starter, or as an accompaniment to a meal.
Length
8 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
M
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
P, O, P, P, A, D, O, M
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★POPPADOM has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆POPPADOM is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆POPPADOM can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆POPPADOM 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
3
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABAACDBE
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
PO, OP, PP, PA, AD, DO, OM
Trigrams
POP, OPP, PPA, PAD, ADO, DOM
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