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meager

/ˈmiɡɚ/•adjective

Meager is also used as adjective, with meanings including deficient in amount or quality or extent.

1 meaning6 lettersScrabble 9

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

GER

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “MEAGER” Mean?

/ˈmiɡɚ/

meager has 1 documented sense across adjective.

Adjective

1 sense

deficient in amount or quality or extent

“meager resources”

“meager fare”

Synonyms

meagre meagerly stingy scrimpy

Synonyms for MEAGER

meagre meagerly stingy scrimpy

Scrabble Score

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Word Intelligence

Explore the word meager with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

deficient in amount or quality or extent

Length

6 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

M, E, A, G, E, R

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for meager.

MEAGER is a 6-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 9.

It starts with M and ends with R.

It contains 3 vowels and 3 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 50%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCDBE.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVVCVC.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using meager in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★☆☆

MEAGER has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

MEAGER is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★★☆

MEAGER can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

MEAGER contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside meager.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCDBE

CV Pattern

CVVCVC

Vowel Share

50%

Consonant Share

50%

Bigrams

ME, EA, AG, GE, ER

Trigrams

MEA, EAG, AGE, GER

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for meager.

MEAGER is a 6-letter standard crossword entry.

It starts with M and ends with R, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 3 vowels and 3 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVVCVC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Medium.