incendiary
Incendiary can refer to a criminal who illegally sets fire to property or a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel). Incendiary is also used as adjective, with meanings including involving deliberate burning of property.
Length
10
Scrabble
16
WWF
18
Starts
IN
Ends
ARY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “INCENDIARY” Mean?
/ɪnˈsɛn.dɪ.əɹ.i/
incendiary has 5 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
3 sensesinvolving deliberate burning of property
“an incendiary fire”
arousing to action or rebellion
capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily
“an incendiary agent”
“incendiary bombs”
Noun
2 sensesSynonyms for INCENDIARY
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
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Definition
involving deliberate burning of property
Length
10 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
Y
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
I, N, C, E, N, D, I, A, R, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★INCENDIARY has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆INCENDIARY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆INCENDIARY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆INCENDIARY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDBEAFGH
CV Pattern
VCCVCCVVCC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
IN, NC, CE, EN, ND, DI, IA, AR, RY
Trigrams
INC, NCE, CEN, END, NDI, DIA, IAR, ARY
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