nauplius
A crustacean larva that has three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.
Length
8
Scrabble
10
WWF
15
Starts
NA
Ends
IUS
Difficulty
Hard
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What Does “NAUPLIUS” Mean?
A crustacean larva that has three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
8
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
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Definition
A crustacean larva that has three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.
Length
8 letters
Starts With
N
Ends With
S
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Letters
N, A, U, P, L, I, U, S
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆NAUPLIUS has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆NAUPLIUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆NAUPLIUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆NAUPLIUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFCG
CV Pattern
CVVCCVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
NA, AU, UP, PL, LI, IU, US
Trigrams
NAU, AUP, UPL, PLI, LIU, IUS
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