ruffle
Ruffle can refer to a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim, a high tight collar, or a noisy fight. As a verb, ruffle can mean to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others, stir up (water) so as to form ripples, or trouble or vex.
Length
6
Scrabble
12
WWF
14
Starts
RU
Ends
FLE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “RUFFLE” Mean?
/ˈɹʌfəl/
ruffle has 12 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
3 sensesVerb
9 sensestrouble or vex
“ruffle somebody's composure”
“The performance is likely to ruffle Sue”
discompose
“This play is going to ruffle some people”
“She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues”
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
Length
6 letters
Starts With
R
Ends With
E
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
R, U, F, F, L, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆RUFFLE has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆RUFFLE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆RUFFLE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆RUFFLE 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
F
Letter Pattern
ABCCDE
CV Pattern
CVCCCV
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
RU, UF, FF, FL, LE
Trigrams
RUF, UFF, FFL, FLE
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