thumbhole
Thumbhole can refer to the hole in a woodwind that is closed and opened with the thumb or a finger hole made to fit the thumb (as in a bowling ball).
Length
9
Scrabble
19
WWF
21
Starts
TH
Ends
OLE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “THUMBHOLE” Mean?
thumbhole has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesthe hole in a woodwind that is closed and opened with the thumb
a finger hole made to fit the thumb (as in a bowling ball)
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
the hole in a woodwind that is closed and opened with the thumb
Length
9 letters
Starts With
T
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
T, H, U, M, B, H, O, L, E
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★THUMBHOLE has a Scrabble score of 19. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆THUMBHOLE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆THUMBHOLE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆THUMBHOLE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEBFGH
CV Pattern
CCVCCCVCV
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
TH, HU, UM, MB, BH, HO, OL, LE
Trigrams
THU, HUM, UMB, MBH, BHO, HOL, OLE
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