curious
Curious is also used as adjective, with meanings including beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
Length
7
Scrabble
9
WWF
12
Starts
CU
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “CURIOUS” Mean?
/ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs/
curious has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 senseseager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)
“a curious child is a teacher's delight”
“a trap door that made me curious”
“curious investigators”
“traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers”
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
7
Vowels
4
Consonants
3
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Definition
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
Length
7 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
S
Vowels
4
Consonants
3
Letters
C, U, R, I, O, U, S
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆CURIOUS has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CURIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CURIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CURIOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEBF
CV Pattern
CVCVVVC
Vowel Share
57%
Consonant Share
43%
Bigrams
CU, UR, RI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
CUR, URI, RIO, IOU, OUS
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