accidental
Accidental can refer to a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature. Accidental is also used as adjective, with meanings including happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally.
Length
10
Scrabble
15
WWF
19
Starts
AC
Ends
TAL
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ACCIDENTAL” Mean?
/ˌæk.sɪ.ˈdɛn.tl̩/
accidental has 3 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
2 senseshappening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
“with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table”
“accidental poisoning”
“an accidental shooting”
Synonyms
not of prime or central importance
“{'source': 'Pubs.MLA', 'text': 'nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry'}”
“the character's motives remain accidental to the plot”
Synonyms
Noun
1 sensea musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
Synonyms for ACCIDENTAL
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
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Definition
happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
Length
10 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
L
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
A, C, C, I, D, E, N, T, A, L
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★ACCIDENTAL has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ACCIDENTAL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ACCIDENTAL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ACCIDENTAL contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABBCDEFGAH
CV Pattern
VCCVCVCCVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
AC, CC, CI, ID, DE, EN, NT, TA, AL
Trigrams
ACC, CCI, CID, IDE, DEN, ENT, NTA, TAL
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