shunt
Shunt can refer to a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another, a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current, or implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body. As a verb, shunt can mean to transfer to another track, of trains or provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt.
Length
5
Scrabble
8
WWF
9
Starts
SH
Ends
UNT
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “SHUNT” Mean?
/ʃʌnt/
shunt has 5 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
3 sensesa passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
“an arteriovenus shunt”
a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
Synonyms
implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
Verb
2 sensestransfer to another track, of trains
provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
Synonyms for SHUNT
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
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Definition
a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
Length
5 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
T
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
S, H, U, N, T
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆SHUNT has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆SHUNT is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
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★★★★☆SHUNT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CCVCC
Vowel Share
20%
Consonant Share
80%
Bigrams
SH, HU, UN, NT
Trigrams
SHU, HUN, UNT
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