yellow
Yellow can refer to yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons. As a verb, yellow can mean to turn yellow.
Length
6
Scrabble
12
WWF
13
Starts
YE
Ends
LOW
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “YELLOW” Mean?
/ˈjɛl.əʊ/
yellow has 8 documented senses across adjective, noun, verb.
Adjective
6 senseseasily frightened
Synonyms
typical of tabloids
“sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal”
“yellow press”
Synonyms
cowardly or treacherous
“{'source': 'M.W.Straight', 'text': 'the little yellow stain of treason'}”
“too yellow to stand and fight”
Noun
1 senseyellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
Synonyms
Verb
1 senseturn yellow
“The pages of the book began to yellow”
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
Length
6 letters
Starts With
Y
Ends With
W
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
Y, E, L, L, O, W
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆YELLOW has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆YELLOW is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆YELLOW can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆YELLOW contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCCDE
CV Pattern
CVCCVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
YE, EL, LL, LO, OW
Trigrams
YEL, ELL, LLO, LOW
Crossword Intelligence
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