infelicitous
Infelicitous is also used as adjective, with meanings including marked by or producing unhappiness.
Length
12
Scrabble
17
WWF
21
Starts
IN
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “INFELICITOUS” Mean?
/ˌɪn.fəˈlɪs.ɪ.təs/
infelicitous has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensesnot appropriate in application; defective
“an infelicitous remark”
“infelicitous phrasing”
“the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy”
marked by or producing unhappiness
“infelicitous circumstances”
“{'source': 'American Guide Series', 'text': 'unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes'}”
Synonyms
Synonyms for INFELICITOUS
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
12
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
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Definition
not appropriate in application; defective
Length
12 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
S
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Letters
I, N, F, E, L, I, C, I, T, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★INFELICITOUS has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆INFELICITOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆INFELICITOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆INFELICITOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
10
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEAFAGHIJ
CV Pattern
VCCVCVCVCVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
IN, NF, FE, EL, LI, IC, CI, IT, TO, OU, US
Trigrams
INF, NFE, FEL, ELI, LIC, ICI, CIT, ITO, TOU, OUS
Crossword Intelligence
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