westerly
Westerly can refer to the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth. Westerly is also used as adjective or adverb, with meanings including moving toward the west or in a westward direction.
Length
8
Scrabble
14
WWF
14
Starts
WE
Ends
RLY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “WESTERLY” Mean?
/ˈwɛstə(ɹ)li/
westerly has 5 documented senses across adjective, noun, adverb.
Adjective
2 sensesNoun
1 sensethe winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth
Adverb
2 sensesin a westward direction
“{'source': 'Daniel Defoe', 'text': 'we began to steer away westerly'}”
from the west
“the wind blew westerly”
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
8
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
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Definition
of wind; from the west
Length
8 letters
Starts With
W
Ends With
Y
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Letters
W, E, S, T, E, R, L, Y
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★WESTERLY has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆WESTERLY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆WESTERLY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆WESTERLY 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
1
Highest Value Letter
W
Letter Pattern
ABCDBEFG
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
WE, ES, ST, TE, ER, RL, LY
Trigrams
WES, EST, STE, TER, ERL, RLY
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