furtive
Furtive is also used as adjective, with meanings including marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed.
Length
7
Scrabble
13
WWF
15
Starts
FU
Ends
IVE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “FURTIVE” Mean?
/ˈfɜːtɪv/
furtive has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensesmarked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
“a furtive manner”
“a sneak attack”
“stealthy footsteps”
“a surreptitious glance at his watch”
Synonyms
secret and sly or sordid
“backstairs gossip”
“{'source': 'A.L.Guerard', 'text': 'his low backstairs cunning'}”
“backstairs intimacies”
“furtive behavior”
Synonyms
Synonyms for FURTIVE
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
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Definition
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
Length
7 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
F, U, R, T, I, V, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆FURTIVE has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆FURTIVE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆FURTIVE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFG
CV Pattern
CVCCVCV
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
FU, UR, RT, TI, IV, VE
Trigrams
FUR, URT, RTI, TIV, IVE
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