incompetent
Incompetent can refer to someone who is not competent to take effective action. Incompetent is also used as adjective, with meanings including not qualified or suited for a purpose.
Length
11
Scrabble
17
WWF
22
Starts
IN
Ends
ENT
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “INCOMPETENT” Mean?
incompetent has 6 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
5 senseslegally not qualified or sufficient
“a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband”
“incompetent witnesses”
Synonyms
not qualified or suited for a purpose
“an incompetent secret service”
“the filming was hopelessly incompetent”
Noun
1 sensesomeone who is not competent to take effective action
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
11
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
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Definition
legally not qualified or sufficient
Length
11 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
T
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Letters
I, N, C, O, M, P, E, T, E, N, T
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★INCOMPETENT has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆INCOMPETENT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆INCOMPETENT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆INCOMPETENT 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
3
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHGBH
CV Pattern
VCCVCCVCVCC
Vowel Share
36%
Consonant Share
64%
Bigrams
IN, NC, CO, OM, MP, PE, ET, TE, EN, NT
Trigrams
INC, NCO, COM, OMP, MPE, PET, ETE, TEN, ENT
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