queen
Queen can refer to the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs, the wife or widow of a king, or something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind. As a verb, queen can mean to promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess or become a queen.
Length
5
Scrabble
14
WWF
16
Starts
QU
Ends
EEN
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “QUEEN” Mean?
/kwiːn/
queen has 12 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
10 sensesthe only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
a female sovereign ruler
the wife or widow of a king
something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
“Paris is the queen of cities”
“the queen of ocean liners”
one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
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(chess) the most powerful piece
an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
female cat
Synonyms
a female competitor who holds a preeminent position
Verb
2 sensespromote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
become a queen
“her pawn queened”
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Vowels
3
Consonants
2
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Definition
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
Length
5 letters
Starts With
Q
Ends With
N
Vowels
3
Consonants
2
Letters
Q, U, E, E, N
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★QUEEN can be valuable in Scrabble because it includes a high-impact letter. Look for premium squares and parallel plays.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆QUEEN is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆QUEEN can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆QUEEN contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
Q
Letter Pattern
ABCCD
CV Pattern
CVVVC
Vowel Share
60%
Consonant Share
40%
Bigrams
QU, UE, EE, EN
Trigrams
QUE, UEE, EEN
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