withhold
Withhold commonly means to hold back; refuse to hand over or share or retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments.
Length
8
Scrabble
18
WWF
17
Starts
WI
Ends
OLD
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “WITHHOLD” Mean?
/wɪθˈhəʊld/
withhold has 2 documented senses across verb.
Verb
2 sensesScrabble Score
18
Letters
8
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
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Definition
hold back; refuse to hand over or share
Length
8 letters
Starts With
W
Ends With
D
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Letters
W, I, T, H, H, O, L, D
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★WITHHOLD has a Scrabble score of 18. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆WITHHOLD is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆WITHHOLD can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆WITHHOLD 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
ABCDDEFG
CV Pattern
CVCCCVCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
WI, IT, TH, HH, HO, OL, LD
Trigrams
WIT, ITH, THH, HHO, HOL, OLD
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