starch
Starch can refer to a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering or a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles. As a verb, starch can mean to stiffen with starch.
Length
6
Scrabble
11
WWF
11
Starts
ST
Ends
RCH
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “STARCH” Mean?
/stɑɹtʃ/
starch has 3 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensesa complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
Synonyms
a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering
Verb
1 sensestiffen with starch
“starch clothes”
Synonyms for STARCH
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
6
Vowels
1
Consonants
5
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Definition
a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
Length
6 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
H
Vowels
1
Consonants
5
Letters
S, T, A, R, C, H
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Word Facts
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆STARCH has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆STARCH is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆STARCH can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆STARCH uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEF
CV Pattern
CCVCCC
Vowel Share
17%
Consonant Share
83%
Bigrams
ST, TA, AR, RC, CH
Trigrams
STA, TAR, ARC, RCH
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