underhand
Underhand is also used as adjective or adverb, with meanings including with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level or with the hand swung below shoulder level.
Length
9
Scrabble
14
WWF
16
Starts
UN
Ends
AND
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “UNDERHAND” Mean?
/ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌ(h)ænd/
underhand has 4 documented senses across adjective, adverb.
Adjective
2 senseswith hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level
“an underhand pitch”
“an underhand stroke”
Synonyms
marked by deception
“achieved success in business only by underhand methods”
Synonyms
Adverb
2 sensesslyly and secretly
“{'source': 'John Donne', 'text': 'Mean revenge, committed underhand'}”
“{'source': 'C.G.Bowers', 'text': 'oldline aristocratic diplomats underhandedly undermined the attempt … to align Germany with the Western democracies'}”
Synonyms
Synonyms for UNDERHAND
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level
Length
9 letters
Starts With
U
Ends With
D
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
U, N, D, E, R, H, A, N, D
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★UNDERHAND has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆UNDERHAND is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆UNDERHAND can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆UNDERHAND contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGBC
CV Pattern
VCCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
UN, ND, DE, ER, RH, HA, AN, ND
Trigrams
UND, NDE, DER, ERH, RHA, HAN, AND
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