watershed
Watershed can refer to a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems, an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend, or the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet.
Length
9
Scrabble
16
WWF
15
Starts
WA
Ends
HED
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “WATERSHED” Mean?
/ˈwɔːtəʃɛd/
watershed has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesa ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
Synonyms
the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet
“flood control in the Missouri basin”
Synonyms
an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend
“the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
Length
9 letters
Starts With
W
Ends With
D
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
W, A, T, E, R, S, H, E, D
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★WATERSHED has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆WATERSHED is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆WATERSHED can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆WATERSHED 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
W
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGDH
CV Pattern
CVCVCCCVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
WA, AT, TE, ER, RS, SH, HE, ED
Trigrams
WAT, ATE, TER, ERS, RSH, SHE, HED
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