stops
Stops can refer to a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in their hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card.
Length
5
Scrabble
7
WWF
8
Starts
ST
Ends
OPS
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “STOPS” Mean?
/stɑps/
stops has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensea gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in their hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
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Definition
a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in their hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
Length
5 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
S
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
S, T, O, P, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
Key letter, score, and pattern facts for stops.
Word Strategy
Strategy notes for using stops in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.
Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆STOPS has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆STOPS is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆STOPS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆STOPS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDA
CV Pattern
CCVCC
Vowel Share
20%
Consonant Share
80%
Bigrams
ST, TO, OP, PS
Trigrams
STO, TOP, OPS
Crossword Intelligence
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