ennui
Ennui can refer to the feeling of being bored by something tedious.
Length
5
Scrabble
5
WWF
8
Starts
EN
Ends
NUI
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “ENNUI” Mean?
/ɒnˈwiː/
ennui has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 senseScrabble Score
5
Letters
5
Vowels
3
Consonants
2
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Definition
the feeling of being bored by something tedious
Length
5 letters
Starts With
E
Ends With
I
Vowels
3
Consonants
2
Letters
E, N, N, U, I
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★☆☆☆ENNUI has a Scrabble score of 5. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆ENNUI 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
★★★★☆ENNUI can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ENNUI contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
E
Letter Pattern
ABBCD
CV Pattern
VCCVV
Vowel Share
60%
Consonant Share
40%
Bigrams
EN, NN, NU, UI
Trigrams
ENN, NNU, NUI
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