abstentious
Abstentious is also used as adjective, with meanings including self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink.
Length
11
Scrabble
13
WWF
16
Starts
AB
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ABSTENTIOUS” Mean?
/æbˈstɛn.ʃəs/
abstentious has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseself-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink
“not totally abstinent but abstemious”
Synonyms
Synonyms for ABSTENTIOUS
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
11
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
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Definition
self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink
Length
11 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Letters
A, B, S, T, E, N, T, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆ABSTENTIOUS has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ABSTENTIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ABSTENTIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆ABSTENTIOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
B
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFDGHIC
CV Pattern
VCCCVCCVVVC
Vowel Share
45%
Consonant Share
55%
Bigrams
AB, BS, ST, TE, EN, NT, TI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
ABS, BST, STE, TEN, ENT, NTI, TIO, IOU, OUS
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