duffer
Duffer can refer to an incompetent or clumsy person.
Length
6
Scrabble
13
WWF
14
Starts
DU
Ends
FER
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “DUFFER” Mean?
/ˈdʌfɚ/
duffer has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensean incompetent or clumsy person
“as a golfer he was only a duffer”
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
an incompetent or clumsy person
Length
6 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
R
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
D, U, F, F, E, R
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆DUFFER has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DUFFER is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆DUFFER can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DUFFER contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCCDE
CV Pattern
CVCCVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
DU, UF, FF, FE, ER
Trigrams
DUF, UFF, FFE, FER
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