courteous
Courteous is also used as adjective, with meanings including exhibiting courtesy and politeness.
Length
9
Scrabble
11
WWF
14
Starts
CO
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “COURTEOUS” Mean?
/ˈkɝti.əs/
courteous has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensesScrabble Score
11
Letters
9
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
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Definition
exhibiting courtesy and politeness
Length
9 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
Letters
C, O, U, R, T, E, O, U, S
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆COURTEOUS has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆COURTEOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆COURTEOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆COURTEOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFBCG
CV Pattern
CVVCCVVVC
Vowel Share
56%
Consonant Share
44%
Bigrams
CO, OU, UR, RT, TE, EO, OU, US
Trigrams
COU, OUR, URT, RTE, TEO, EOU, OUS
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