covetous
Covetous is also used as adjective, with meanings including immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth.
Length
8
Scrabble
13
WWF
16
Starts
CO
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “COVETOUS” Mean?
/ˈkʌvətəs/
covetous has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensesimmoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
“they are avaricious and will do anything for money”
“casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields”
“a grasping old miser”
“grasping commercialism”
Synonyms for COVETOUS
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
8
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
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Definition
showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
Length
8 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
S
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Letters
C, O, V, E, T, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆COVETOUS has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆COVETOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆COVETOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆COVETOUS 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
V
Letter Pattern
ABCDEBFG
CV Pattern
CVCVCVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
CO, OV, VE, ET, TO, OU, US
Trigrams
COV, OVE, VET, ETO, TOU, OUS
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