fractious
Fractious is also used as adjective, with meanings including stubbornly resistant to authority or control.
Length
9
Scrabble
14
WWF
16
Starts
FR
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “FRACTIOUS” Mean?
/ˈfɹæk.ʃəs/
fractious has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 sensesstubbornly resistant to authority or control
“a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness”
“a refractory child”
Synonyms
unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome
“rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas”
“fractious components of a communication system”
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
Length
9 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
S
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
F, R, A, C, T, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★FRACTIOUS has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆FRACTIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆FRACTIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
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★★★★☆FRACTIOUS uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHI
CV Pattern
CCVCCVVVC
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
FR, RA, AC, CT, TI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
FRA, RAC, ACT, CTI, TIO, IOU, OUS
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