difficult
Difficult is also used as adjective, with meanings including not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure.
Length
9
Scrabble
18
WWF
21
Starts
DI
Ends
ULT
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DIFFICULT” Mean?
/ˈdɪfɪkəlt/
difficult has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensesnot easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
“a difficult task”
“nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access”
“difficult times”
“why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?”
Synonyms
Synonyms for DIFFICULT
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
Length
9 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
T
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
D, I, F, F, I, C, U, L, T
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★DIFFICULT has a Scrabble score of 18. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DIFFICULT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DIFFICULT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DIFFICULT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCCBDEFG
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
DI, IF, FF, FI, IC, CU, UL, LT
Trigrams
DIF, IFF, FFI, FIC, ICU, CUL, ULT
Crossword Intelligence
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