cowardly
Cowardly is also used as adjective, with meanings including lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted.
Length
8
Scrabble
17
WWF
18
Starts
CO
Ends
DLY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “COWARDLY” Mean?
/ˈkaʊədli/
cowardly has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senselacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
“{'source': 'P.B.Shelley', 'text': 'cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then'}”
Synonyms
Synonyms for COWARDLY
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
8
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
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Definition
lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
Length
8 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
Y
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Letters
C, O, W, A, R, D, L, Y
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★COWARDLY has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆COWARDLY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆COWARDLY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
W
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGH
CV Pattern
CVCVCCCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
CO, OW, WA, AR, RD, DL, LY
Trigrams
COW, OWA, WAR, ARD, RDL, DLY
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