contumacious
Contumacious is also used as adjective, with meanings including wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient.
Length
12
Scrabble
18
WWF
24
Starts
CO
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CONTUMACIOUS” Mean?
/ˌkɒn.tjʊˈmeɪ.ʃəs/
contumacious has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensewilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
“a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment”
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
12
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
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Definition
wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
Length
12 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
S
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Letters
C, O, N, T, U, M, A, C, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★CONTUMACIOUS has a Scrabble score of 18. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CONTUMACIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CONTUMACIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CONTUMACIOUS 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
3
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGAHBEI
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
CO, ON, NT, TU, UM, MA, AC, CI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
CON, ONT, NTU, TUM, UMA, MAC, ACI, CIO, IOU, OUS
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