ingenious
Ingenious is also used as adjective, with meanings including showing inventiveness and skill.
Length
9
Scrabble
10
WWF
14
Starts
IN
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “INGENIOUS” Mean?
/ɪnˈdʒiːnjəs/
ingenious has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseScrabble Score
10
Letters
9
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
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Definition
showing inventiveness and skill
Length
9 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
Letters
I, N, G, E, N, I, O, U, S
Use Case
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Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆INGENIOUS has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆INGENIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆INGENIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆INGENIOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
G
Letter Pattern
ABCDBAEFG
CV Pattern
VCCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
56%
Consonant Share
44%
Bigrams
IN, NG, GE, EN, NI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
ING, NGE, GEN, ENI, NIO, IOU, OUS
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