sluice
Sluice can refer to conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate. As a verb, sluice can mean to irrigate with water from a sluice, transport in or send down a sluice, or pour as if from a sluice.
Length
6
Scrabble
8
WWF
11
Starts
SL
Ends
ICE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “SLUICE” Mean?
/sluːs/
sluice has 5 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
1 senseVerb
4 sensespour as if from a sluice
“An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef”
“It was sluiceing all day long”
transport in or send down a sluice
“sluice logs”
draw through a sluice
“sluice water”
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
6
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
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Definition
conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
Length
6 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Letters
S, L, U, I, C, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆SLUICE has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SLUICE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆SLUICE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆SLUICE uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEF
CV Pattern
CCVVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
SL, LU, UI, IC, CE
Trigrams
SLU, LUI, UIC, ICE
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