notorious
Notorious is also used as adjective, with meanings including known widely and usually unfavorably.
Length
9
Scrabble
9
WWF
11
Starts
NO
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “NOTORIOUS” Mean?
/nəˈtɔɹiəs/
notorious has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseknown widely and usually unfavorably
“a notorious gangster”
“the tenderloin district was notorious for vice”
“the infamous Benedict Arnold”
Synonyms
Synonyms for NOTORIOUS
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
9
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
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Definition
known widely and usually unfavorably
Length
9 letters
Starts With
N
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
Letters
N, O, T, O, R, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆NOTORIOUS has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆NOTORIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆NOTORIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆NOTORIOUS 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
2
Highest Value Letter
N
Letter Pattern
ABCBDEBFG
CV Pattern
CVCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
56%
Consonant Share
44%
Bigrams
NO, OT, TO, OR, RI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
NOT, OTO, TOR, ORI, RIO, IOU, OUS
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