small
Small can refer to the slender part of the back or a garment size for a small person. Small is also used as adjective or adverb, with meanings including limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent or on a small scale.
Length
5
Scrabble
7
WWF
10
Starts
SM
Ends
ALL
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “SMALL” Mean?
/smɔːl/
small has 13 documented senses across adjective, noun, adverb.
Adjective
10 senseslimited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
“a little dining room”
“a little house”
“a small car”
“a little (or small) group”
Synonyms
(of children and animals) young, immature
“what a big little boy you are”
“small children”
Synonyms
slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
“a series of death struggles with small time in between”
Show 4 more adjective definitions
have fine or very small constituent particles
“a small misty rain”
not large but sufficient in size or amount
“a modest salary”
“modest inflation”
“helped in my own small way”
Synonyms
made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
“her comments made me feel small”
Synonyms
Noun
2 sensesthe slender part of the back
a garment size for a small person
Adverb
1 senseon a small scale
“think small”
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Word Intelligence
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Definition
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Length
5 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
L
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
S, M, A, L, L
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
★★★☆☆SMALL has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆SMALL 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
★★★★☆SMALL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SMALL 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
M
Letter Pattern
ABCDD
CV Pattern
CCVCC
Vowel Share
20%
Consonant Share
80%
Bigrams
SM, MA, AL, LL
Trigrams
SMA, MAL, ALL
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