malicious
Malicious is also used as adjective, with meanings including having the nature of or resulting from malice.
Length
9
Scrabble
13
WWF
17
Starts
MA
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “MALICIOUS” Mean?
/məˈlɪʃəs/
malicious has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensehaving the nature of or resulting from malice
“malicious gossip”
“{'source': 'Rudyard Kipling', 'text': 'took malicious pleasure in … watching me wince'}”
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
9
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
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Definition
having the nature of or resulting from malice
Length
9 letters
Starts With
M
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
Letters
M, A, L, I, C, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆MALICIOUS has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆MALICIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆MALICIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆MALICIOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABCDEDFGH
CV Pattern
CVCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
56%
Consonant Share
44%
Bigrams
MA, AL, LI, IC, CI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
MAL, ALI, LIC, ICI, CIO, IOU, OUS
Crossword Intelligence
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