extraneous
Extraneous is also used as adjective, with meanings including not pertinent to the matter under consideration.
Length
10
Scrabble
17
WWF
19
Starts
EX
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “EXTRANEOUS” Mean?
/ɛkˈstɹeɪ.ni.əs/
extraneous has 4 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
4 sensesnot pertinent to the matter under consideration
“an issue extraneous to the debate”
“the price was immaterial”
“mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point”
Synonyms
not essential
“the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play”
not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
“water free of extraneous matter”
“foreign particles in milk”
Synonyms
Synonyms for EXTRANEOUS
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
10
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
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Definition
not pertinent to the matter under consideration
Length
10 letters
Starts With
E
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Letters
E, X, T, R, A, N, E, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★EXTRANEOUS can be valuable in Scrabble because it includes a high-impact letter. Look for premium squares and parallel plays.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆EXTRANEOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆EXTRANEOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆EXTRANEOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
X
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFAGHI
CV Pattern
VCCCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
EX, XT, TR, RA, AN, NE, EO, OU, US
Trigrams
EXT, XTR, TRA, RAN, ANE, NEO, EOU, OUS
Crossword Intelligence
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