smudge
Smudge can refer to a smoky fire to drive away insects or a blemish made by dirt. As a verb, smudge can mean to make a smudge on; soil by smudging.
Length
6
Scrabble
10
WWF
13
Starts
SM
Ends
DGE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “SMUDGE” Mean?
smudge has 3 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensesVerb
1 senseScrabble Score
10
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a smoky fire to drive away insects
Length
6 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
E
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
S, M, U, D, G, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆SMUDGE has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SMUDGE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆SMUDGE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆SMUDGE uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABCDEF
CV Pattern
CCVCCV
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
SM, MU, UD, DG, GE
Trigrams
SMU, MUD, UDG, DGE
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