volley
Volley can refer to a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces or rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms. As a verb, volley can mean to hit before it touches the ground, discharge in, or as if in, a volley, or be dispersed in a volley.
Length
6
Scrabble
12
WWF
14
Starts
VO
Ends
LEY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “VOLLEY” Mean?
/ˈvɒli/
volley has 7 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensesVerb
5 sensesbe dispersed in a volley
“gun shots volleyed at the attackers”
hit before it touches the ground
“volley the tennis ball”
discharge in, or as if in, a volley
“the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians”
make a volley
utter rapidly
“volley a string of curses”
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
Length
6 letters
Starts With
V
Ends With
Y
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
V, O, L, L, E, Y
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆VOLLEY has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆VOLLEY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆VOLLEY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆VOLLEY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
V
Letter Pattern
ABCCDE
CV Pattern
CVCCVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
VO, OL, LL, LE, EY
Trigrams
VOL, OLL, LLE, LEY
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