specimen
Specimen can refer to an example regarded as typical of its class or a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes.
Length
8
Scrabble
14
WWF
18
Starts
SP
Ends
MEN
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SPECIMEN” Mean?
/ˈspɛsɪmɪn/
specimen has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesan example regarded as typical of its class
a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes
“they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis”
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
an example regarded as typical of its class
Length
8 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
N
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
S, P, E, C, I, M, E, N
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★SPECIMEN has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SPECIMEN is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SPECIMEN can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SPECIMEN contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFCG
CV Pattern
CCVCVCVC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
SP, PE, EC, CI, IM, ME, EN
Trigrams
SPE, PEC, ECI, CIM, IME, MEN
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