tabby
Tabby can refer to a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black or female cat. Tabby is also used as adjective, with meanings including having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats.
Length
5
Scrabble
12
WWF
13
Starts
TA
Ends
BBY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “TABBY” Mean?
/ˈtæb.i/
tabby has 3 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
1 senseNoun
2 sensesa cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black
female cat
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
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Definition
having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
Length
5 letters
Starts With
T
Ends With
Y
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
T, A, B, B, Y
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
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Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆TABBY 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
★★★★☆TABBY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆TABBY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCCD
CV Pattern
CVCCC
Vowel Share
20%
Consonant Share
80%
Bigrams
TA, AB, BB, BY
Trigrams
TAB, ABB, BBY
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