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morose

/məˈɹəʊs/•adjective

Morose is also used as adjective, with meanings including showing a brooding ill humor.

1 meaning6 lettersScrabble 8

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

OSE

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “MOROSE” Mean?

/məˈɹəʊs/

morose has 1 documented sense across adjective.

Adjective

1 sense

showing a brooding ill humor

“a dark scowl”

“the proverbially dour New England Puritan”

“a glum, hopeless shrug”

“he sat in moody silence”

Synonyms

dark dour glowering glum moody saturnine sour sullen

Synonyms for MOROSE

dark dour glowering glum moody saturnine sour sullen

Scrabble Score

Letters

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Consonants

Word Intelligence

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

Definition

showing a brooding ill humor

Length

6 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

M, O, R, O, S, E

Use Case

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

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for morose.

MOROSE is a 6-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 8.

It starts with M and ends with E.

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: ABCBDE.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVCVCV.

Word Strategy

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

Scrabble Strategy

★★★☆☆

MOROSE has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

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

Crossword Strategy

★★★★☆

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

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

MOROSE 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 morose.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCBDE

CV Pattern

CVCVCV

Vowel Share

50%

Consonant Share

50%

Bigrams

MO, OR, RO, OS, SE

Trigrams

MOR, ORO, ROS, OSE

Crossword Intelligence

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

MOROSE is a 6-letter standard crossword entry.

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

It contains 3 vowels and 3 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVCVCV.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Medium.