swallow
Swallow can refer to a small amount of liquid food, small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations, or the act of swallowing. As a verb, swallow can mean to pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking, enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing, or take back what one has said.
Length
7
Scrabble
13
WWF
15
Starts
SW
Ends
LOW
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “SWALLOW” Mean?
swallow has 11 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
3 sensesthe act of swallowing
“one swallow of the liquid was enough”
“he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips”
Synonyms
small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
Verb
8 sensespass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
“Swallow the raw fish — it won't kill you!”
“They swallow more bread”
engulf and destroy
“The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries”
utter unclearly
“She swallowed the last words of her speech”
keep from expressing
“I swallowed my anger and kept quiet”
Show 2 more verb definitions
tolerate or accommodate oneself to
“I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions”
“I swallowed the insult”
“She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies”
Synonyms
believe or accept without questioning or challenge
“Am I supposed to swallow that story?”
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
7
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a small amount of liquid food
Length
7 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
W
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Letters
S, W, A, L, L, O, W
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆SWALLOW has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SWALLOW is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SWALLOW can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SWALLOW contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
W
Letter Pattern
ABCDDEB
CV Pattern
CCVCCVC
Vowel Share
29%
Consonant Share
71%
Bigrams
SW, WA, AL, LL, LO, OW
Trigrams
SWA, WAL, ALL, LLO, LOW
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