deciduous
Deciduous is also used as adjective, with meanings including (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season.
Length
9
Scrabble
13
WWF
16
Starts
DE
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DECIDUOUS” Mean?
/dɪˈsɪdʒʊəs/
deciduous has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 senses(of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
(of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth
“deciduous teeth”
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
9
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
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Definition
(of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
Length
9 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
Letters
D, E, C, I, D, U, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆DECIDUOUS has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DECIDUOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DECIDUOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DECIDUOUS 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
2
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDAEFEG
CV Pattern
CVCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
56%
Consonant Share
44%
Bigrams
DE, EC, CI, ID, DU, UO, OU, US
Trigrams
DEC, ECI, CID, IDU, DUO, UOU, OUS
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