adversity
Adversity can refer to a state of misfortune or affliction or a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event.
Length
9
Scrabble
16
WWF
16
Starts
AD
Ends
ITY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ADVERSITY” Mean?
/ædˈvɝ.sɪ.ti/
adversity has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesa state of misfortune or affliction
“debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity”
“a life of hardship”
Synonyms
a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event
“a period marked by adversities”
Synonyms for ADVERSITY
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
a state of misfortune or affliction
Length
9 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
Y
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
A, D, V, E, R, S, I, T, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★ADVERSITY has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ADVERSITY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ADVERSITY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆ADVERSITY uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
V
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHI
CV Pattern
VCCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
AD, DV, VE, ER, RS, SI, IT, TY
Trigrams
ADV, DVE, VER, ERS, RSI, SIT, ITY
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