awkward
Awkward is also used as adjective, with meanings including lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance.
Length
7
Scrabble
18
WWF
18
Starts
AW
Ends
ARD
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “AWKWARD” Mean?
/ˈɔːkwəd/
awkward has 6 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
6 sensescausing inconvenience
“they arrived at an awkward time”
lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
“an awkward dancer”
“an awkward gesture”
“too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes”
“his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot”
difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
“an awkward bundle to carry”
“a load of bunglesome paraphernalia”
“clumsy wooden shoes”
“the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl”
Synonyms
not elegant or graceful in expression
“an awkward prose style”
“a clumsy apology”
“his cumbersome writing style”
“if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?”
Synonyms
hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
“awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion”
“an awkward pause followed his remark”
“a sticky question”
“in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign”
Synonyms
socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
“awkward and reserved at parties”
“ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know”
“was always uneasy with strangers”
Synonyms
Synonyms for AWKWARD
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
7
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
causing inconvenience
Length
7 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
D
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Letters
A, W, K, W, A, R, D
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★AWKWARD has a Scrabble score of 18. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆AWKWARD is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆AWKWARD can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆AWKWARD contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCBADE
CV Pattern
VCCCVCC
Vowel Share
29%
Consonant Share
71%
Bigrams
AW, WK, KW, WA, AR, RD
Trigrams
AWK, WKW, KWA, WAR, ARD
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