shallow
Shallow can refer to a stretch of shallow water. As a verb, shallow can mean to become shallow or make shallow.
Length
7
Scrabble
13
WWF
14
Starts
SH
Ends
LOW
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “SHALLOW” Mean?
/ˈʃaləʊ/
shallow has 6 documented senses across adjective, noun, verb.
Adjective
3 senseslacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
“shallow water”
“a shallow dish”
“a shallow cut”
“a shallow closet”
not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
“shallow breathing”
“a night of shallow fretful sleep”
“in a shallow trance”
lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
“shallow people”
“his arguments seemed shallow and tedious”
Noun
1 sensea stretch of shallow water
Synonyms
Verb
2 sensesSynonyms for SHALLOW
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
7
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
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Definition
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
Length
7 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
W
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Letters
S, H, A, L, L, O, W
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆SHALLOW has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SHALLOW is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SHALLOW can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SHALLOW 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
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDDEF
CV Pattern
CCVCCVC
Vowel Share
29%
Consonant Share
71%
Bigrams
SH, HA, AL, LL, LO, OW
Trigrams
SHA, HAL, ALL, LLO, LOW
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