markedness
The quality of a word, form or phoneme that is considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than the usual form.
Length
10
Scrabble
17
WWF
19
Starts
MA
Ends
ESS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “MARKEDNESS” Mean?
The quality of a word, form or phoneme that is considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than the usual form.
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
10
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
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Definition
The quality of a word, form or phoneme that is considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than the usual form.
Length
10 letters
Starts With
M
Ends With
S
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
Letters
M, A, R, K, E, D, N, E, S, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★MARKEDNESS has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆MARKEDNESS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆MARKEDNESS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆MARKEDNESS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGEHH
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
30%
Consonant Share
70%
Bigrams
MA, AR, RK, KE, ED, DN, NE, ES, SS
Trigrams
MAR, ARK, RKE, KED, EDN, DNE, NES, ESS
Crossword Intelligence
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