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fearsome

adjective

Fearsome is also used as adjective, with meanings including causing fear or dread or terror.

1 meaning8 lettersScrabble 13

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

OME

Difficulty

Hard

Dictionary

What Does “FEARSOME” Mean?

fearsome has 1 documented sense across adjective.

Adjective

1 sense

causing fear or dread or terror

“the awful war”

“an awful risk”

“dire news”

“a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked”

Synonyms

awful dire direful dread dreaded dreadful fearful frightening horrendous horrific terrible

Synonyms for FEARSOME

awful dire direful dread dreaded dreadful fearful frightening horrendous horrific terrible

Scrabble Score

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Word Intelligence

Explore the word fearsome with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

causing fear or dread or terror

Length

8 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

F, E, A, R, S, O, M, E

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for fearsome.

FEARSOME is a 8-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 13.

It starts with F and ends with E.

It contains 4 vowels and 4 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 50%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCDEFGB.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVVCCVCV.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using fearsome in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★★☆

FEARSOME has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

FEARSOME is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★☆☆

FEARSOME can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

FEARSOME contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside fearsome.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCDEFGB

CV Pattern

CVVCCVCV

Vowel Share

50%

Consonant Share

50%

Bigrams

FE, EA, AR, RS, SO, OM, ME

Trigrams

FEA, EAR, ARS, RSO, SOM, OME

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for fearsome.

FEARSOME is a 8-letter longer themed answer.

It starts with F and ends with E, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 4 vowels and 4 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVVCCVCV.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Hard.