gratuitous
Gratuitous is also used as adjective, with meanings including unnecessary and unwarranted.
Length
10
Scrabble
11
WWF
14
Starts
GR
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “GRATUITOUS” Mean?
/ɡɹəˈtjuː.ɪt.əs/
gratuitous has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 senseswithout cause
“a gratuitous insult”
unnecessary and unwarranted
“a strikers' tent camp … was burned with needless loss of life”
Synonyms
Synonyms for GRATUITOUS
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
10
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
without cause
Length
10 letters
Starts With
G
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Letters
G, R, A, T, U, I, T, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆GRATUITOUS has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆GRATUITOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆GRATUITOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆GRATUITOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
G
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFDGEH
CV Pattern
CCVCVVCVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
GR, RA, AT, TU, UI, IT, TO, OU, US
Trigrams
GRA, RAT, ATU, TUI, UIT, ITO, TOU, OUS
Crossword Intelligence
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