widow
Widow can refer to a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried. As a verb, widow can mean to cause to be without a spouse.
Length
5
Scrabble
12
WWF
12
Starts
WI
Ends
DOW
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “WIDOW” Mean?
/ˈwɪ.dəʊ/
widow has 2 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
1 sensea woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
Verb
1 sensecause to be without a spouse
“The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia”
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
Length
5 letters
Starts With
W
Ends With
W
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
W, I, D, O, W
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆WIDOW has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆WIDOW is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆WIDOW can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆WIDOW contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
W
Letter Pattern
ABCDA
CV Pattern
CVCVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
WI, ID, DO, OW
Trigrams
WID, IDO, DOW
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