courageous
Courageous is also used as adjective, with meanings including possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching.
Length
10
Scrabble
13
WWF
17
Starts
CO
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “COURAGEOUS” Mean?
/kəˈɹeɪdʒəs/
courageous has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensepossessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
“{'source': 'Herman Melville', 'text': 'Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring'}”
“{'source': 'William Wordsworth', 'text': 'a frank courageous heart … triumphed over pain'}”
“set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory”
Synonyms
Synonyms for COURAGEOUS
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
10
Vowels
6
Consonants
4
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Definition
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
Length
10 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
S
Vowels
6
Consonants
4
Letters
C, O, U, R, A, G, E, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆COURAGEOUS has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆COURAGEOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆COURAGEOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆COURAGEOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGBCH
CV Pattern
CVVCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
60%
Consonant Share
40%
Bigrams
CO, OU, UR, RA, AG, GE, EO, OU, US
Trigrams
COU, OUR, URA, RAG, AGE, GEO, EOU, OUS
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