squint
Squint can refer to abnormal alignment of one or both eyes or the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed. As a verb, squint can mean to cross one's eyes as if in strabismus, be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus, or partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light.
Length
6
Scrabble
15
WWF
17
Starts
SQ
Ends
INT
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “SQUINT” Mean?
/skwɪnt/
squint has 6 documented senses across adjective, noun, verb.
Adjective
1 senseNoun
2 sensesabnormal alignment of one or both eyes
Synonyms
the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed
Verb
3 sensescross one's eyes as if in strabismus
“The children squinted so as to scare each other”
Synonyms
be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
“They squint up the hill”
partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light
“The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield”
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
Length
6 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
T
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
S, Q, U, I, N, T
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★SQUINT can be valuable in Scrabble because it includes a high-impact letter. Look for premium squares and parallel plays.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SQUINT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆SQUINT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
Q
Letter Pattern
ABCDEF
CV Pattern
CCVVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
SQ, QU, UI, IN, NT
Trigrams
SQU, QUI, UIN, INT
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