sextant
Sextant can refer to a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees or a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant.
Length
7
Scrabble
14
WWF
15
Starts
SE
Ends
ANT
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “SEXTANT” Mean?
/ˈsɛkstənt/
sextant has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesa unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees
a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
7
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
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Definition
a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees
Length
7 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
T
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Letters
S, E, X, T, A, N, T
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★SEXTANT can be valuable in Scrabble because it includes a high-impact letter. Look for premium squares and parallel plays.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SEXTANT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SEXTANT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆SEXTANT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
X
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFD
CV Pattern
CVCCVCC
Vowel Share
29%
Consonant Share
71%
Bigrams
SE, EX, XT, TA, AN, NT
Trigrams
SEX, EXT, XTA, TAN, ANT
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