generous
Generous is also used as adjective, with meanings including willing to give and share unstintingly.
Length
8
Scrabble
9
WWF
12
Starts
GE
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “GENEROUS” Mean?
/ˈdʒɛn(ə)ɹəs/
generous has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 senseswilling to give and share unstintingly
“a generous donation”
not petty in character and mind
“unusually generous in his judgment of people”
more than is usual or necessary
“a generous portion”
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
8
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
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Definition
willing to give and share unstintingly
Length
8 letters
Starts With
G
Ends With
S
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Letters
G, E, N, E, R, O, U, S
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆GENEROUS has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆GENEROUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆GENEROUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆GENEROUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
G
Letter Pattern
ABCBDEFG
CV Pattern
CVCVCVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
GE, EN, NE, ER, RO, OU, US
Trigrams
GEN, ENE, NER, ERO, ROU, OUS
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