desperately
Desperately is also used as adverb, with meanings including with great urgency.
Length
11
Scrabble
17
WWF
18
Starts
DE
Ends
ELY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DESPERATELY” Mean?
/ˈdɛsp(ə)ɹətli/
desperately has 2 documented senses across adverb.
Adverb
2 senseswith great urgency
“health care reform is needed urgently”
“the soil desperately needed potash”
Synonyms
in intense despair
“the child clung desperately to her mother”
Synonyms for DESPERATELY
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
11
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
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Definition
with great urgency
Length
11 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
Y
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Letters
D, E, S, P, E, R, A, T, E, L, Y
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★DESPERATELY has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DESPERATELY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DESPERATELY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DESPERATELY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDBEFGBHI
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCVCC
Vowel Share
36%
Consonant Share
64%
Bigrams
DE, ES, SP, PE, ER, RA, AT, TE, EL, LY
Trigrams
DES, ESP, SPE, PER, ERA, RAT, ATE, TEL, ELY
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