dourness
The characteristic of being dour; gloominess; sternness.
Length
8
Scrabble
9
WWF
11
Starts
DO
Ends
ESS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DOURNESS” Mean?
The characteristic of being dour; gloominess; sternness.
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
The characteristic of being dour; gloominess; sternness.
Length
8 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
S
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
D, O, U, R, N, E, S, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆DOURNESS has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DOURNESS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DOURNESS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DOURNESS 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
D
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGG
CV Pattern
CVVCCVCC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
DO, OU, UR, RN, NE, ES, SS
Trigrams
DOU, OUR, URN, RNE, NES, ESS
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