winnow
Winnow can refer to the act of separating grain from chaff. As a verb, winnow can mean to separate the chaff from grain by using air currents, select desirable parts from a group or list, or blow away or off with a current of air.
Length
6
Scrabble
12
WWF
14
Starts
WI
Ends
NOW
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “WINNOW” Mean?
/ˈwɪnoʊ/
winnow has 5 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
1 senseVerb
4 sensesseparate the chaff from grain by using air currents
“She stood there winnowing grain all day in the field”
blow on
“The wind was winnowing her hair”
“the wind winnowed the grass”
select desirable parts from a group or list
“cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence”
“winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants”
blow away or off with a current of air
“winnow chaff”
“The speaker ceased to be an amusing little gnat to be fanned away and was kicked off the forum”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
the act of separating grain from chaff
Length
6 letters
Starts With
W
Ends With
W
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
W, I, N, N, O, W
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆WINNOW has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆WINNOW is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆WINNOW can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆WINNOW contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
W
Letter Pattern
ABCCDA
CV Pattern
CVCCVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
WI, IN, NN, NO, OW
Trigrams
WIN, INN, NNO, NOW
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