doubtful
Doubtful is also used as adjective, with meanings including open to doubt or suspicion.
Length
8
Scrabble
14
WWF
18
Starts
DO
Ends
FUL
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DOUBTFUL” Mean?
/ˈdaʊtfəl/
doubtful has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 sensesopen to doubt or suspicion
“the candidate's doubtful past”
“he has a dubious record indeed”
“what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false”
“{'source': 'Karen Horney', 'text': 'it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought'}”
fraught with uncertainty or doubt
“they were doubtful that the cord would hold”
“it was doubtful whether she would be admitted”
“dubious about agreeing to go”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
open to doubt or suspicion
Length
8 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
L
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
D, O, U, B, T, F, U, L
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★DOUBTFUL has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DOUBTFUL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DOUBTFUL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DOUBTFUL contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFCG
CV Pattern
CVVCCCVC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
DO, OU, UB, BT, TF, FU, UL
Trigrams
DOU, OUB, UBT, BTF, TFU, FUL
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