young
Young can refer to young people collectively or any immature animal. Young is also used as adjective, with meanings including suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh.
Length
5
Scrabble
9
WWF
11
Starts
YO
Ends
UNG
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “YOUNG” Mean?
/jʌŋ/
young has 7 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
5 senses(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
“young people”
Synonyms
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
“new potatoes”
“young corn”
Synonyms
being in its early stage
“a young industry”
“the day is still young”
not tried or tested by experience
“unseasoned artillery volunteers”
“still untested in battle”
“an illustrator untried in mural painting”
“a young hand at plowing”
Synonyms
Noun
2 sensesScrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
Length
5 letters
Starts With
Y
Ends With
G
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
Y, O, U, N, G
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆YOUNG has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆YOUNG 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
★★★★☆YOUNG can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CVVCC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
YO, OU, UN, NG
Trigrams
YOU, OUN, UNG
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