dirty
Dirty commonly means to make soiled, filthy, or dirty. Dirty is also used as adjective, with meanings including soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime.
Length
5
Scrabble
9
WWF
8
Starts
DI
Ends
RTY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “DIRTY” Mean?
/ˈdɜːti/
dirty has 13 documented senses across adjective, verb.
Adjective
12 senses(of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
“dirty words”
“a dirty old man”
“dirty books and movies”
“boys telling dirty jokes”
spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
“the air near the foundry was always dirty”
“a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout”
Synonyms
contaminated with infecting organisms
“dirty wounds”
“{'source': 'Jane Austen', 'text': 'obliged to go into infected rooms'}”
Synonyms
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obtained illegally or by improper means
“dirty money”
“ill-gotten gains”
expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
“dirty looks”
violating accepted standards or rules
“a dirty fighter”
“used foul means to gain power”
“a nasty unsporting serve”
“fined for unsportsmanlike behavior”
unpleasantly stormy
“there's dirty weather in the offing”
Verb
1 senseScrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
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Definition
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
Length
5 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
Y
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
D, I, R, T, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆DIRTY has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆DIRTY is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆DIRTY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆DIRTY uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CVCCC
Vowel Share
20%
Consonant Share
80%
Bigrams
DI, IR, RT, TY
Trigrams
DIR, IRT, RTY
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