leery
Leery is also used as adjective, with meanings including openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
Length
5
Scrabble
8
WWF
8
Starts
LE
Ends
ERY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “LEERY” Mean?
/ˈlɪə.ɹi/
leery has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseopenly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Synonyms for LEERY
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Length
5 letters
Starts With
L
Ends With
Y
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
L, E, E, R, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆LEERY has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆LEERY is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆LEERY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆LEERY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABBCD
CV Pattern
CVVCC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
LE, EE, ER, RY
Trigrams
LEE, EER, ERY
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