umami
One of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.
Length
5
Scrabble
9
WWF
12
Starts
UM
Ends
AMI
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “UMAMI” Mean?
One of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Vowels
3
Consonants
2
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Definition
One of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.
Length
5 letters
Starts With
U
Ends With
I
Vowels
3
Consonants
2
Letters
U, M, A, M, I
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆UMAMI has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆UMAMI 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
★★★★☆UMAMI can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆UMAMI 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
M
Letter Pattern
ABCBD
CV Pattern
VCVCV
Vowel Share
60%
Consonant Share
40%
Bigrams
UM, MA, AM, MI
Trigrams
UMA, MAM, AMI
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