annoy
Annoy commonly means to cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.
Length
5
Scrabble
8
WWF
9
Starts
AN
Ends
NOY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “ANNOY” Mean?
/əˈnɔɪ/
annoy has 1 documented sense across verb.
Verb
1 sensecause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
“Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me”
“It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves”
“The bad news will annoy him”
“The performance is likely to annoy Sue”
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Length
5 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
Y
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
A, N, N, O, Y
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆ANNOY has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆ANNOY 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
★★★★☆ANNOY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ANNOY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABBCD
CV Pattern
VCCVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
AN, NN, NO, OY
Trigrams
ANN, NNO, NOY
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