incubus
Incubus can refer to a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women, a situation resembling a terrifying dream, or someone who depresses or worries others.
Length
7
Scrabble
11
WWF
16
Starts
IN
Ends
BUS
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “INCUBUS” Mean?
/ˈɪŋ.kjʊ.bəs/
incubus has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesa male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
a situation resembling a terrifying dream
Synonyms
someone who depresses or worries others
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
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Definition
a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
Length
7 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
S
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
I, N, C, U, B, U, S
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆INCUBUS has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆INCUBUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆INCUBUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆INCUBUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEDF
CV Pattern
VCCVCVC
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
IN, NC, CU, UB, BU, US
Trigrams
INC, NCU, CUB, UBU, BUS
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