sour
Sour can refer to a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar, the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth, or the property of being acidic. As a verb, sour can mean to make sour or more sour or go sour or spoil.
Length
4
Scrabble
4
WWF
5
Starts
SO
Ends
OUR
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “SOUR” Mean?
/ˈsaʊ(ə)ɹ/
sour has 11 documented senses across adjective, noun, verb.
Adjective
6 sensessmelling of fermentation or staleness
Synonyms
having a sharp biting taste
one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
Noun
3 sensesVerb
2 sensesScrabble Score
4
Letters
4
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
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Definition
smelling of fermentation or staleness
Length
4 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
R
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
Letters
S, O, U, R
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★☆☆☆SOUR has a Scrabble score of 4. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SOUR is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆SOUR can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 4-letter structure.
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★★★★☆SOUR uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
S
Letter Pattern
ABCD
CV Pattern
CVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
SO, OU, UR
Trigrams
SOU, OUR
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