disingenuous
Disingenuous is also used as adjective, with meanings including not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness.
Length
12
Scrabble
14
WWF
19
Starts
DI
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DISINGENUOUS” Mean?
/ˌdɪs.ɪn.ˈdʒɛn.ju.əs/
disingenuous has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensenot straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
“{'source': 'David Cannadine', 'text': 'an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who … exemplified … the most disagreeable traits of his time'}”
“a disingenuous excuse”
Synonyms
Synonyms for DISINGENUOUS
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
12
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
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Definition
not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
Length
12 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
S
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Letters
D, I, S, I, N, G, E, N, U, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★DISINGENUOUS has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DISINGENUOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DISINGENUOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DISINGENUOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
4
Highest Value Letter
D
Letter Pattern
ABCBDEFDGHGC
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
DI, IS, SI, IN, NG, GE, EN, NU, UO, OU, US
Trigrams
DIS, ISI, SIN, ING, NGE, GEN, ENU, NUO, UOU, OUS
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