fussy
Fussy is also used as adjective, with meanings including overcrowded or cluttered with detail.
Length
5
Scrabble
11
WWF
11
Starts
FU
Ends
SSY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “FUSSY” Mean?
/ˈfʌ.si/
fussy has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 sensesexacting especially about details
“a finicky eater”
“fussy about clothes”
“very particular about how her food was prepared”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
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Definition
annoyed and irritable
Length
5 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
Y
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
F, U, S, S, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆FUSSY has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆FUSSY 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
★★★★☆FUSSY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆FUSSY 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
ABCCD
CV Pattern
CVCCC
Vowel Share
20%
Consonant Share
80%
Bigrams
FU, US, SS, SY
Trigrams
FUS, USS, SSY
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