expedient
Expedient can refer to a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one. Expedient is also used as adjective, with meanings including serving to promote your interest.
Length
9
Scrabble
19
WWF
21
Starts
EX
Ends
ENT
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “EXPEDIENT” Mean?
/ɪkˈspiːdi.ənt/
expedient has 3 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
2 sensesserving to promote your interest
“was merciful only when mercy was expedient”
appropriate to a purpose; practical
“in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty”
Noun
1 sensea means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
serving to promote your interest
Length
9 letters
Starts With
E
Ends With
T
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
E, X, P, E, D, I, E, N, T
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★EXPEDIENT can be valuable in Scrabble because it includes a high-impact letter. Look for premium squares and parallel plays.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆EXPEDIENT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆EXPEDIENT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆EXPEDIENT 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
2
Highest Value Letter
X
Letter Pattern
ABCADEAFG
CV Pattern
VCCVCVVCC
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
EX, XP, PE, ED, DI, IE, EN, NT
Trigrams
EXP, XPE, PED, EDI, DIE, IEN, ENT
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