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wheedle

/ˈʍiː.dəl/•verb

Wheedle commonly means to influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.

1 meaning7 lettersScrabble 14

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

DLE

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “WHEEDLE” Mean?

/ˈʍiː.dəl/

wheedle has 1 documented sense across verb.

Verb

1 sense

influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

“He palavered her into going along”

“They wheedle him into writing the letter”

Synonyms

cajole palaver blarney coax inveigle

Synonyms for WHEEDLE

cajole palaver blarney coax inveigle

Scrabble Score

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Word Intelligence

Explore the word wheedle with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

Length

7 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

W, H, E, E, D, L, E

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for wheedle.

WHEEDLE is a 7-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 14.

It starts with W and ends with E.

It contains 3 vowels and 4 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 43%.

It has 2 repeated letters.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCCDEC.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CCVVCCV.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using wheedle in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★★★

WHEEDLE has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

WHEEDLE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★☆☆

WHEEDLE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

WHEEDLE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside wheedle.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCCDEC

CV Pattern

CCVVCCV

Vowel Share

43%

Consonant Share

57%

Bigrams

WH, HE, EE, ED, DL, LE

Trigrams

WHE, HEE, EED, EDL, DLE

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for wheedle.

WHEEDLE is a 7-letter standard crossword entry.

It starts with W and ends with E, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 3 vowels and 4 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CCVVCCV.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Hard.