officious
Officious is also used as adjective, with meanings including intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner.
Length
9
Scrabble
17
WWF
19
Starts
OF
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “OFFICIOUS” Mean?
officious has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseintrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
“an interfering old woman”
“bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself”
“busy about other people's business”
Synonyms for OFFICIOUS
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
9
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
Word Intelligence
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Definition
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
Length
9 letters
Starts With
O
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
Letters
O, F, F, I, C, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★OFFICIOUS has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆OFFICIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆OFFICIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆OFFICIOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABBCDCAEF
CV Pattern
VCCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
56%
Consonant Share
44%
Bigrams
OF, FF, FI, IC, CI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
OFF, FFI, FIC, ICI, CIO, IOU, OUS
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