cautionary
Cautionary is also used as adjective, with meanings including serving to warn.
Length
10
Scrabble
15
WWF
17
Starts
CA
Ends
ARY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CAUTIONARY” Mean?
cautionary has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 senseswarding off
“{'source': 'Victor Schultze', 'text': 'the swastika … a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples'}”
Synonyms
serving to warn
“shook a monitory finger at him”
“an exemplary jail sentence”
Synonyms for CAUTIONARY
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
10
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
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Definition
warding off
Length
10 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
Y
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Letters
C, A, U, T, I, O, N, A, R, Y
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★CAUTIONARY has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CAUTIONARY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CAUTIONARY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CAUTIONARY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGBHI
CV Pattern
CVVCVVCVCC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
CA, AU, UT, TI, IO, ON, NA, AR, RY
Trigrams
CAU, AUT, UTI, TIO, ION, ONA, NAR, ARY
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