derelict
Derelict can refer to a person without a home, job, or property or a ship abandoned on the high seas. Derelict is also used as adjective, with meanings including worn and broken down by hard use.
Length
8
Scrabble
11
WWF
13
Starts
DE
Ends
ICT
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DERELICT” Mean?
/ˈdɛɹəlɪkt/
derelict has 6 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
4 sensesfailing in what duty requires
“derelict (or delinquent) in his duty”
“neglectful of his duties”
“remiss of you not to pay your bills”
Synonyms
in deplorable condition
“a street of bedraggled tenements”
“a broken-down fence”
“a ramshackle old pier”
“a tumble-down shack”
Noun
2 sensesa person without a home, job, or property
a ship abandoned on the high seas
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
worn and broken down by hard use
Length
8 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
T
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
D, E, R, E, L, I, C, T
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆DERELICT has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DERELICT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DERELICT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DERELICT 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
C
Letter Pattern
ABCBDEFG
CV Pattern
CVCVCVCC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
DE, ER, RE, EL, LI, IC, CT
Trigrams
DER, ERE, REL, ELI, LIC, ICT
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