exiguous
Exiguous is also used as adjective, with meanings including extremely scanty.
Length
8
Scrabble
16
WWF
19
Starts
EX
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “EXIGUOUS” Mean?
/ɪɡˈzɪɡju.əs/
exiguous has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseextremely scanty
“an exiguous budget”
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
8
Vowels
5
Consonants
3
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Definition
extremely scanty
Length
8 letters
Starts With
E
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
3
Letters
E, X, I, G, U, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★EXIGUOUS can be valuable in Scrabble because it includes a high-impact letter. Look for premium squares and parallel plays.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆EXIGUOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆EXIGUOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆EXIGUOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
X
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFEG
CV Pattern
VCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
63%
Consonant Share
37%
Bigrams
EX, XI, IG, GU, UO, OU, US
Trigrams
EXI, XIG, IGU, GUO, UOU, OUS
Crossword Intelligence
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