roundabout
Roundabout can refer to a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island or a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement. Roundabout is also used as adjective, with meanings including marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct.
Length
10
Scrabble
13
WWF
17
Starts
RO
Ends
OUT
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ROUNDABOUT” Mean?
/ˈɹaʊndəˌbaʊt/
roundabout has 4 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
2 sensesmarked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
“the explanation was circuitous and puzzling”
“a roundabout paragraph”
“hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend”
Synonyms
deviating from a straight course
“a scenic but devious route”
“a long and circuitous journey by train and boat”
“a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic”
Synonyms
Noun
2 sensesScrabble Score
13
Letters
10
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
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Definition
marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
Length
10 letters
Starts With
R
Ends With
T
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Letters
R, O, U, N, D, A, B, O, U, T
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆ROUNDABOUT has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ROUNDABOUT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ROUNDABOUT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ROUNDABOUT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
B
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGBCH
CV Pattern
CVVCCVCVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
RO, OU, UN, ND, DA, AB, BO, OU, UT
Trigrams
ROU, OUN, UND, NDA, DAB, ABO, BOU, OUT
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