intrigue
Intrigue can refer to a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends or a clandestine love affair. As a verb, intrigue can mean to cause to be interested or curious or form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner.
Length
8
Scrabble
9
WWF
12
Starts
IN
Ends
GUE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “INTRIGUE” Mean?
/ˈɪntɹiːɡ/
intrigue has 4 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensesa crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
Synonyms
a clandestine love affair
Verb
2 sensesSynonyms for INTRIGUE
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
8
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
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Definition
a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
Length
8 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Letters
I, N, T, R, I, G, U, E
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆INTRIGUE has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆INTRIGUE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆INTRIGUE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
G
Letter Pattern
ABCDAEFG
CV Pattern
VCCCVCVV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
IN, NT, TR, RI, IG, GU, UE
Trigrams
INT, NTR, TRI, RIG, IGU, GUE
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