shiitake
Shiitake can refer to edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe.
Length
8
Scrabble
15
WWF
14
Starts
SH
Ends
AKE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SHIITAKE” Mean?
/ʃiːˈtɑːkeɪ/
shiitake has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 senseedible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
8
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
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Definition
edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe
Length
8 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Letters
S, H, I, I, T, A, K, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★SHIITAKE has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SHIITAKE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SHIITAKE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SHIITAKE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCCDEFG
CV Pattern
CCVVCVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
SH, HI, II, IT, TA, AK, KE
Trigrams
SHI, HII, IIT, ITA, TAK, AKE
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