occasionally
Occasionally is also used as adverb, with meanings including sporadically and infrequently.
Length
12
Scrabble
19
WWF
23
Starts
OC
Ends
LLY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “OCCASIONALLY” Mean?
/əˈkeɪʒənəli/
occasionally has 1 documented sense across adverb.
Adverb
1 sensesporadically and infrequently
“he was arrogant and occasionally callous”
“open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees”
“they visit New York on occasion”
“now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us”
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
12
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
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Definition
sporadically and infrequently
Length
12 letters
Starts With
O
Ends With
Y
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Letters
O, C, C, A, S, I, O, N, A, L, L, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★OCCASIONALLY has a Scrabble score of 19. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆OCCASIONALLY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆OCCASIONALLY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆OCCASIONALLY 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
4
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABBCDEAFCGGH
CV Pattern
VCCVCVVCVCCC
Vowel Share
42%
Consonant Share
58%
Bigrams
OC, CC, CA, AS, SI, IO, ON, NA, AL, LL, LY
Trigrams
OCC, CCA, CAS, ASI, SIO, ION, ONA, NAL, ALL, LLY
Crossword Intelligence
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