shoot
Shoot can refer to the act of shooting at targets or a new branch. As a verb, shoot can mean to hit with a missile from a weapon, make a film or photograph of something, or send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly.
Length
5
Scrabble
8
WWF
7
Starts
SH
Ends
OOT
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “SHOOT” Mean?
shoot has 22 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensesa new branch
the act of shooting at targets
“they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer”
Verb
20 sensessend forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
“shoot a glance”
Show 14 more verb definitions
throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
“shoot craps”
“shoot a golf ball”
record on photographic film
“I photographed the scene of the accident”
“She snapped a picture of the President”
Synonyms
emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
“The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth”
cause a sharp and sudden pain in
“The pain shot up her leg”
force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
“inject hydrogen into the balloon”
“They shoot the fruit with a chemical”
“They shoot a chemical into the fruit”
Synonyms
variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
“shoot cloth”
throw dice, as in a crap game
score
“shoot a basket”
“shoot a goal”
utter fast and forcefully
“She shot back an answer”
measure the altitude of by using a sextant
“shoot a star”
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a new branch
Length
5 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
T
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
S, H, O, O, T
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆SHOOT has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆SHOOT is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆SHOOT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SHOOT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCCD
CV Pattern
CCVVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
SH, HO, OO, OT
Trigrams
SHO, HOO, OOT
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