competent
Competent is also used as adjective, with meanings including properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient.
Length
9
Scrabble
15
WWF
19
Starts
CO
Ends
ENT
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “COMPETENT” Mean?
/ˈkɒmpətənt/
competent has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 sensesproperly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient
“a competent typist”
adequate, but not outstanding or exceptional
“a competent performance”
legally qualified or sufficient
“a competent court”
“competent testimony”
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient
Length
9 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
T
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
C, O, M, P, E, T, E, N, T
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★COMPETENT has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆COMPETENT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆COMPETENT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆COMPETENT 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
2
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFEGF
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
CO, OM, MP, PE, ET, TE, EN, NT
Trigrams
COM, OMP, MPE, PET, ETE, TEN, ENT
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