fateful
Fateful is also used as adjective, with meanings including having momentous consequences; of decisive importance.
Length
7
Scrabble
13
WWF
15
Starts
FA
Ends
FUL
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “FATEFUL” Mean?
/ˈfeɪtfəl/
fateful has 4 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
4 senseshaving 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
ominously prophetic
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 FATEFUL
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
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Definition
having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
Length
7 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
L
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
F, A, T, E, F, U, L
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆FATEFUL has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆FATEFUL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆FATEFUL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆FATEFUL contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDAEF
CV Pattern
CVCVCVC
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
FA, AT, TE, EF, FU, UL
Trigrams
FAT, ATE, TEF, EFU, FUL
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