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mediocre

/ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkə/•adjective

Mediocre is also used as adjective, with meanings including moderate to inferior in quality.

3 meanings8 lettersScrabble 13

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

CRE

Difficulty

Hard

Dictionary

What Does “MEDIOCRE” Mean?

/ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkə/

mediocre has 3 documented senses across adjective.

Adjective

3 senses

moderate to inferior in quality

“they improved the quality from mediocre to above average”

lacking exceptional quality or ability

“a novel of average merit”

“only a fair performance of the sonata”

“in fair health”

“the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average”

Synonyms

average fair middling

poor to middling in quality

“there have been good and mediocre and bad artists”

Synonyms for MEDIOCRE

average fair middling

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Word Intelligence

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

Definition

moderate to inferior in quality

Length

8 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

M, E, D, I, O, C, R, E

Use Case

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

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for mediocre.

MEDIOCRE is a 8-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 13.

It starts with M and ends with E.

It contains 4 vowels and 4 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 50%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCDEFGB.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVCVVCCV.

Word Strategy

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

Scrabble Strategy

★★★★☆

MEDIOCRE has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

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

Crossword Strategy

★★★☆☆

MEDIOCRE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

MEDIOCRE 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 mediocre.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCDEFGB

CV Pattern

CVCVVCCV

Vowel Share

50%

Consonant Share

50%

Bigrams

ME, ED, DI, IO, OC, CR, RE

Trigrams

MED, EDI, DIO, IOC, OCR, CRE

Crossword Intelligence

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

MEDIOCRE is a 8-letter longer themed answer.

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

It contains 4 vowels and 4 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVCVVCCV.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Hard.