yesterday
Yesterday can refer to the day immediately before today or the recent past. Yesterday is also used as adverb, with meanings including on the day preceding today.
Length
9
Scrabble
16
WWF
14
Starts
YE
Ends
DAY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “YESTERDAY” Mean?
/ˈjɛstədeɪ/
yesterday has 4 documented senses across noun, adverb.
Noun
2 sensesthe day immediately before today
“it was in yesterday's newspapers”
the recent past
“yesterday's solutions are not good enough”
“we shared many yesterdays”
Adverb
2 senseson the day preceding today
“yesterday the weather was beautiful”
in the recent past; only a short time ago
“I was not born yesterday!”
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Word Intelligence
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Definition
the day immediately before today
Length
9 letters
Starts With
Y
Ends With
Y
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
Y, E, S, T, E, R, D, A, Y
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
★★★★★YESTERDAY has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆YESTERDAY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆YESTERDAY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆YESTERDAY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDBEFGA
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
YE, ES, ST, TE, ER, RD, DA, AY
Trigrams
YES, EST, STE, TER, ERD, RDA, DAY
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