cautious
Cautious can refer to people who are fearful and cautious. Cautious is also used as adjective, with meanings including showing careful forethought.
Length
8
Scrabble
10
WWF
13
Starts
CA
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CAUTIOUS” Mean?
/ˈkɔːʃəs/
cautious has 3 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
2 sensesshowing careful forethought
“reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions”
“a cautious driver”
Noun
1 senseSynonyms for CAUTIOUS
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
8
Vowels
5
Consonants
3
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Definition
showing careful forethought
Length
8 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
3
Letters
C, A, U, T, I, O, U, S
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆CAUTIOUS has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CAUTIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CAUTIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆CAUTIOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFCG
CV Pattern
CVVCVVVC
Vowel Share
63%
Consonant Share
37%
Bigrams
CA, AU, UT, TI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
CAU, AUT, UTI, TIO, IOU, OUS
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