hopeless
Hopeless is also used as adjective, with meanings including without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success.
Length
8
Scrabble
13
WWF
14
Starts
HO
Ends
ESS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “HOPELESS” Mean?
/ˈhoʊplɪs/
hopeless has 4 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
4 senseswithout hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
“in an agony of hopeless grief”
“with a hopeless sigh he sat down”
of a person unable to do something skillfully
“I'm hopeless at mathematics”
certain to fail
“the situation is hopeless”
(informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
“she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers”
“he is a hopeless romantic”
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
Length
8 letters
Starts With
H
Ends With
S
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
H, O, P, E, L, E, S, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆HOPELESS has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆HOPELESS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆HOPELESS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆HOPELESS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEDFF
CV Pattern
CVCVCVCC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
HO, OP, PE, EL, LE, ES, SS
Trigrams
HOP, OPE, PEL, ELE, LES, ESS
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