delicious
Delicious is also used as adjective, with meanings including greatly pleasing or entertaining.
Length
9
Scrabble
12
WWF
15
Starts
DE
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DELICIOUS” Mean?
/dɪˈlɪʃəs/
delicious has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensesgreatly pleasing or entertaining
“a delightful surprise”
“the comedy was delightful”
“a delicious joke”
Synonyms
extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
Synonyms for DELICIOUS
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
9
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
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Definition
greatly pleasing or entertaining
Length
9 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
Letters
D, E, L, I, C, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆DELICIOUS has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DELICIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DELICIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DELICIOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEDFGH
CV Pattern
CVCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
56%
Consonant Share
44%
Bigrams
DE, EL, LI, IC, CI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
DEL, ELI, LIC, ICI, CIO, IOU, OUS
Crossword Intelligence
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