delicacy
Delicacy can refer to the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance, something considered choice to eat, or lack of physical strength.
Length
8
Scrabble
16
WWF
18
Starts
DE
Ends
ACY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DELICACY” Mean?
/ˈdɛlɪkəsi/
delicacy has 7 documented senses across noun.
Noun
7 sensesthe quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
“the daintiness of her touch”
“the fineness of her features”
Synonyms
refined taste; tact
Synonyms
slenderness
Synonyms
lack of physical strength
Synonyms
subtly skillful handling of a situation
Synonyms
Show 1 more noun definition
lightness in movement or manner
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
Length
8 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
Y
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
D, E, L, I, C, A, C, Y
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★DELICACY has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DELICACY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DELICACY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DELICACY 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
1
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFEG
CV Pattern
CVCVCVCC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
DE, EL, LI, IC, CA, AC, CY
Trigrams
DEL, ELI, LIC, ICA, CAC, ACY
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