difficulty
Difficulty can refer to an effort that is inconvenient or the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result.
Length
10
Scrabble
22
WWF
24
Starts
DI
Ends
LTY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DIFFICULTY” Mean?
/ˈdɪfɪkəlti/
difficulty has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesan effort that is inconvenient
“I went to a lot of trouble”
“he won without any trouble”
“had difficulty walking”
“finished the test only with great difficulty”
Synonyms
the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
“they agreed about the difficulty of the climb”
Synonyms
Synonyms for DIFFICULTY
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
10
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
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Definition
an effort that is inconvenient
Length
10 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
Y
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
Letters
D, I, F, F, I, C, U, L, T, Y
Use Case
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Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★DIFFICULTY has a Scrabble score of 22. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DIFFICULTY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DIFFICULTY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DIFFICULTY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCCBDEFGH
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCCC
Vowel Share
30%
Consonant Share
70%
Bigrams
DI, IF, FF, FI, IC, CU, UL, LT, TY
Trigrams
DIF, IFF, FFI, FIC, ICU, CUL, ULT, LTY
Crossword Intelligence
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