fastidious
Fastidious is also used as adjective, with meanings including having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures.
Length
10
Scrabble
14
WWF
15
Starts
FA
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “FASTIDIOUS” Mean?
/fæˈstɪdi.əs/
fastidious has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensesgiving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
“a fastidious and incisive intellect”
“fastidious about personal cleanliness”
having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
“fastidious microorganisms”
“certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements”
Synonyms
Synonyms for FASTIDIOUS
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
10
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
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Definition
giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
Length
10 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Letters
F, A, S, T, I, D, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★FASTIDIOUS has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆FASTIDIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆FASTIDIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆FASTIDIOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFEGHC
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
FA, AS, ST, TI, ID, DI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
FAS, AST, STI, TID, IDI, DIO, IOU, OUS
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