annual
Annual can refer to a reference book that is published regularly once every year or (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year. Annual is also used as adjective, with meanings including completing its life cycle within a year.
Length
6
Scrabble
6
WWF
10
Starts
AN
Ends
UAL
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “ANNUAL” Mean?
/ˈæn.ju.əl/
annual has 4 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
2 sensescompleting its life cycle within a year
“a border of annual flowering plants”
occurring or payable every year
“an annual trip to Paris”
“yearly medical examinations”
“annual (or yearly) income”
Synonyms
Noun
2 sensesScrabble Score
6
Letters
6
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
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Definition
completing its life cycle within a year
Length
6 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
L
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Letters
A, N, N, U, A, L
Use Case
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Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★☆☆☆ANNUAL has a Scrabble score of 6. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ANNUAL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆ANNUAL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ANNUAL 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
2
Highest Value Letter
A
Letter Pattern
ABBCAD
CV Pattern
VCCVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
AN, NN, NU, UA, AL
Trigrams
ANN, NNU, NUA, UAL
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