shepherd
Shepherd can refer to a clergyman who watches over a group of people or a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock. As a verb, shepherd can mean to watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of their pupils or tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats.
Length
8
Scrabble
17
WWF
16
Starts
SH
Ends
ERD
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SHEPHERD” Mean?
/ˈʃɛpɚd/
shepherd has 4 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensesa clergyman who watches over a group of people
a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
Synonyms
Verb
2 senseswatch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of their pupils
tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats
Synonyms for SHEPHERD
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
8
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
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Definition
a clergyman who watches over a group of people
Length
8 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
D
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Letters
S, H, E, P, H, E, R, D
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★SHEPHERD has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SHEPHERD is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SHEPHERD can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SHEPHERD 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
2
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDBCEF
CV Pattern
CCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
SH, HE, EP, PH, HE, ER, RD
Trigrams
SHE, HEP, EPH, PHE, HER, ERD
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