deadly
Deadly is also used as adjective or adverb, with meanings including causing or capable of causing death or as if dead.
Length
6
Scrabble
11
WWF
11
Starts
DE
Ends
DLY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “DEADLY” Mean?
/ˈdɛd.li/
deadly has 8 documented senses across adjective, adverb.
Adjective
6 sensesexceedingly harmful
Synonyms
(of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
Adverb
2 sensesas if dead
Synonyms
(used as intensives) excessively
“she was madly in love”
“deadly dull”
“deadly earnest”
“deucedly clever”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
causing or capable of causing death
Length
6 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
Y
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
D, E, A, D, L, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆DEADLY has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DEADLY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆DEADLY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DEADLY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCADE
CV Pattern
CVVCCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
DE, EA, AD, DL, LY
Trigrams
DEA, EAD, ADL, DLY
Crossword Intelligence
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