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erratic

/ɪˈɹætɪk/•adjective

Erratic is also used as adjective, with meanings including liable to sudden unpredictable change.

3 meanings7 lettersScrabble 9

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

TIC

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “ERRATIC” Mean?

/ɪˈɹætɪk/

erratic has 3 documented senses across adjective.

Adjective

3 senses

liable to sudden unpredictable change

“erratic behavior”

“fickle weather”

“mercurial twists of temperament”

“a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next”

Synonyms

fickle mercurial quicksilver

having no fixed course

“an erratic comet”

“his life followed a wandering course”

“a planetary vagabond”

Synonyms

planetary wandering

likely to perform unpredictably

“erratic winds are the bane of a sailor”

“a temperamental motor: sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't”

“{'source': 'Osbert Lancaster', 'text': 'that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute'}”

Synonyms

temperamental

Synonyms for ERRATIC

fickle mercurial quicksilver planetary wandering temperamental

Scrabble Score

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Word Intelligence

Explore the word erratic with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

liable to sudden unpredictable change

Length

7 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

E, R, R, A, T, I, C

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for erratic.

ERRATIC is a 7-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 9.

It starts with E and ends with C.

It contains 3 vowels and 4 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 43%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABBCDEF.

Vowel/consonant pattern: VCCVCVC.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using erratic in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★☆☆

ERRATIC has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

ERRATIC is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★☆☆

ERRATIC can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

ERRATIC contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside erratic.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABBCDEF

CV Pattern

VCCVCVC

Vowel Share

43%

Consonant Share

57%

Bigrams

ER, RR, RA, AT, TI, IC

Trigrams

ERR, RRA, RAT, ATI, TIC

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for erratic.

ERRATIC is a 7-letter standard crossword entry.

It starts with E and ends with C, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 3 vowels and 4 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is VCCVCVC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Medium.