quarry
Quarry can refer to a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate, animal hunted or caught for food, or a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence. As a verb, quarry can mean to extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry.
Length
6
Scrabble
18
WWF
18
Starts
QU
Ends
RRY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “QUARRY” Mean?
quarry has 4 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
3 sensesa surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
“a British term for ‘quarry’ is ‘stone pit’”
Synonyms
animal hunted or caught for food
Synonyms
Verb
1 senseextract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
“quarry marble”
“The men quarry the area for animals”
“The men quarry for animals in the area”
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
Length
6 letters
Starts With
Q
Ends With
Y
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
Q, U, A, R, R, Y
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★QUARRY can be valuable in Scrabble because it includes a high-impact letter. Look for premium squares and parallel plays.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆QUARRY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆QUARRY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆QUARRY 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
Q
Letter Pattern
ABCDDE
CV Pattern
CVVCCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
QU, UA, AR, RR, RY
Trigrams
QUA, UAR, ARR, RRY
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