despiteful
Despiteful is also used as adjective, with meanings including showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite.
Length
10
Scrabble
16
WWF
19
Starts
DE
Ends
FUL
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DESPITEFUL” Mean?
despiteful has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseshowing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite
“a despiteful fiend”
“a truly spiteful child”
“a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment”
Synonyms
Synonyms for DESPITEFUL
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Word Intelligence
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Definition
showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite
Length
10 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
L
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
D, E, S, P, I, T, E, F, U, L
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★DESPITEFUL has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DESPITEFUL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DESPITEFUL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DESPITEFUL 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
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFBGHI
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
DE, ES, SP, PI, IT, TE, EF, FU, UL
Trigrams
DES, ESP, SPI, PIT, ITE, TEF, EFU, FUL
Crossword Intelligence
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