meritorious
Meritorious is also used as adjective, with meanings including deserving reward or praise.
Length
11
Scrabble
13
WWF
15
Starts
ME
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “MERITORIOUS” Mean?
/ˌmɛɹɪˈtɔɹi.əs/
meritorious has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseSynonyms for MERITORIOUS
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
11
Vowels
6
Consonants
5
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Definition
deserving reward or praise
Length
11 letters
Starts With
M
Ends With
S
Vowels
6
Consonants
5
Letters
M, E, R, I, T, O, R, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆MERITORIOUS has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆MERITORIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆MERITORIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆MERITORIOUS 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
3
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFCDFGH
CV Pattern
CVCVCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
55%
Consonant Share
45%
Bigrams
ME, ER, RI, IT, TO, OR, RI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
MER, ERI, RIT, ITO, TOR, ORI, RIO, IOU, OUS
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