nefarious
Nefarious is also used as adjective, with meanings including extremely wicked.
Length
9
Scrabble
12
WWF
14
Starts
NE
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “NEFARIOUS” Mean?
/nɛˈfɛəɹi.əs/
nefarious has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseextremely wicked
“nefarious schemes”
“a villainous plot”
“a villainous band of thieves”
Synonyms
Synonyms for NEFARIOUS
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
9
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
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Definition
extremely wicked
Length
9 letters
Starts With
N
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
Letters
N, E, F, A, R, I, O, U, S
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆NEFARIOUS has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆NEFARIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆NEFARIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHI
CV Pattern
CVCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
56%
Consonant Share
44%
Bigrams
NE, EF, FA, AR, RI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
NEF, EFA, FAR, ARI, RIO, IOU, OUS
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