fatal
Fatal is also used as adjective, with meanings including having momentous consequences; of decisive importance.
Length
5
Scrabble
8
WWF
9
Starts
FA
Ends
TAL
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “FATAL” Mean?
/ˈfeɪtəl/
fatal has 4 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
4 sensesbringing death
having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
“{'source': 'Saturday Rev', 'text': 'that fateful meeting of the U.N. when … it declared war on North Korea'}”
“the fatal day of the election finally arrived”
Synonyms
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
“the stock market crashed on Black Friday”
“a calamitous defeat”
“the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign”
“{'source': 'Charles Darwin', 'text': 'such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory'}”
Synonyms
Synonyms for FATAL
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Word Intelligence
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Definition
bringing death
Length
5 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
L
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
F, A, T, A, L
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆FATAL has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆FATAL is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆FATAL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆FATAL contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCBD
CV Pattern
CVCVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
FA, AT, TA, AL
Trigrams
FAT, ATA, TAL
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