butterfingered
Butterfingered is also used as adjective, with meanings including lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands.
Length
14
Scrabble
21
WWF
25
Starts
BU
Ends
RED
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “BUTTERFINGERED” Mean?
/ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəd/
butterfingered has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseScrabble Score
21
Letters
14
Vowels
5
Consonants
9
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Definition
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
Length
14 letters
Starts With
B
Ends With
D
Vowels
5
Consonants
9
Letters
B, U, T, T, E, R, F, I, N, G, E, R, E, D
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★BUTTERFINGERED has a Scrabble score of 21. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆BUTTERFINGERED is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆BUTTERFINGERED can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 14-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆BUTTERFINGERED contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
10
Repeated Letters
4
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCCDEFGHIDEDJ
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCVCCVCVC
Vowel Share
36%
Consonant Share
64%
Bigrams
BU, UT, TT, TE, ER, RF, FI, IN, NG, GE, ER, RE, ED
Trigrams
BUT, UTT, TTE, TER, ERF, RFI, FIN, ING, NGE, GER, ERE, RED
Crossword Intelligence
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