ignominious
Ignominious is also used as adjective, with meanings including (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame.
Length
11
Scrabble
14
WWF
19
Starts
IG
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “IGNOMINIOUS” Mean?
/ɪɡnəˈmɪnɪəs/
ignominious has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sense(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
“{'source': 'Rachel Carson', 'text': 'Man … has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands'}”
“an ignominious retreat”
“inglorious defeat”
“an opprobrious monument to human greed”
Synonyms for IGNOMINIOUS
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
11
Vowels
6
Consonants
5
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Definition
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
Length
11 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
S
Vowels
6
Consonants
5
Letters
I, G, N, O, M, I, N, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★IGNOMINIOUS has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆IGNOMINIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆IGNOMINIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆IGNOMINIOUS 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
4
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABCDEACADFG
CV Pattern
VCCVCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
55%
Consonant Share
45%
Bigrams
IG, GN, NO, OM, MI, IN, NI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
IGN, GNO, NOM, OMI, MIN, INI, NIO, IOU, OUS
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