suture
Suture can refer to an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull), thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together, or a seam used in surgery. As a verb, suture can mean to join with a suture.
Length
6
Scrabble
6
WWF
8
Starts
SU
Ends
URE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “SUTURE” Mean?
/ˈs(j)uː.tjə(ɹ)/
suture has 4 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
3 sensesan immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
Synonyms
a seam used in surgery
thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together
Verb
1 sensejoin with a suture
“suture the wound after surgery”
Synonyms for SUTURE
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
6
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
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Definition
an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
Length
6 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Letters
S, U, T, U, R, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★☆☆☆SUTURE has a Scrabble score of 6. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SUTURE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆SUTURE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SUTURE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
S
Letter Pattern
ABCBDE
CV Pattern
CVCVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
SU, UT, TU, UR, RE
Trigrams
SUT, UTU, TUR, URE
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