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woody

/ˈwʊdi/•adjective

Woody is also used as adjective, with meanings including made of or containing or resembling wood.

3 meanings5 lettersScrabble 12

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

ODY

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “WOODY” Mean?

/ˈwʊdi/

woody has 3 documented senses across adjective.

Adjective

3 senses

made of or containing or resembling wood

“woody plants”

“perennial herbs with woody stems”

“a woody taste”

abounding in trees

“an arboreous landscape”

“violets in woodsy shady spots”

“a woody area near the highway”

Synonyms

arboraceous arboreous woodsy

made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls

Word Forms

woodier woodiest

Synonyms for WOODY

arboraceous arboreous woodsy

Scrabble Score

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Word Intelligence

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

Definition

made of or containing or resembling wood

Length

5 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

W, O, O, D, Y

Use Case

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

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for woody.

WOODY is a 5-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 12.

It starts with W and ends with Y.

It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 40%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABBCD.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVVCC.

Word Strategy

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

Scrabble Strategy

★★★★☆

WOODY has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★★★☆

WOODY 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

★★★★☆

WOODY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

WOODY 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 woody.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABBCD

CV Pattern

CVVCC

Vowel Share

40%

Consonant Share

60%

Bigrams

WO, OO, OD, DY

Trigrams

WOO, OOD, ODY

Crossword Intelligence

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

WOODY is a 5-letter standard crossword entry.

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

It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVVCC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Medium.