insidious
Insidious is also used as adjective, with meanings including working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way.
Length
9
Scrabble
10
WWF
12
Starts
IN
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “INSIDIOUS” Mean?
/ɪnˈsɪdi.əs/
insidious has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 sensesbeguiling but harmful
“insidious pleasures”
intended to entrap
working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
“glaucoma is an insidious disease”
“a subtle poison”
Synonyms
Synonyms for INSIDIOUS
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
9
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
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Definition
beguiling but harmful
Length
9 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
Letters
I, N, S, I, D, I, O, U, S
Use Case
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆INSIDIOUS has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆INSIDIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆INSIDIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆INSIDIOUS 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
3
Highest Value Letter
D
Letter Pattern
ABCADAEFC
CV Pattern
VCCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
56%
Consonant Share
44%
Bigrams
IN, NS, SI, ID, DI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
INS, NSI, SID, IDI, DIO, IOU, OUS
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