crucial
Crucial is also used as adjective, with meanings including of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis.
Length
7
Scrabble
11
WWF
15
Starts
CR
Ends
IAL
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “CRUCIAL” Mean?
/ˈkɹuː.ʃəl/
crucial has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 sensesof extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
“a crucial moment in his career”
“a crucial election”
“a crucial issue for women”
Synonyms
having crucial relevance
“crucial to the case”
of the greatest importance
“the all-important subject of disarmament”
“crucial information”
“in chess cool nerves are of the essence”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
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Definition
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
Length
7 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
L
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
C, R, U, C, I, A, L
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆CRUCIAL has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CRUCIAL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CRUCIAL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CRUCIAL contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCADEF
CV Pattern
CCVCVVC
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
CR, RU, UC, CI, IA, AL
Trigrams
CRU, RUC, UCI, CIA, IAL
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