ridge
Ridge can refer to a long narrow natural elevation or striation, a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean, or a long narrow range of hills. As a verb, ridge can mean to plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip, throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides, or spade into alternate ridges and troughs.
Length
5
Scrabble
7
WWF
8
Starts
RI
Ends
DGE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “RIDGE” Mean?
/ɹɪdʒ/
ridge has 11 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
6 sensesa long narrow natural elevation or striation
any long raised strip
a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
a long narrow range of hills
Synonyms
any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
Verb
5 sensesextend in ridges
“The land ridges towards the South”
plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides
“He ridged his corn”
spade into alternate ridges and troughs
“ridge the soil”
form into a ridge
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
a long narrow natural elevation or striation
Length
5 letters
Starts With
R
Ends With
E
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
R, I, D, G, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆RIDGE has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆RIDGE 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
★★★★☆RIDGE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
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★★★★☆RIDGE uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
D
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CVCCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
RI, ID, DG, GE
Trigrams
RID, IDG, DGE
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