ominous
Ominous is also used as adjective, with meanings including threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.
Length
7
Scrabble
9
WWF
12
Starts
OM
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “OMINOUS” Mean?
/ˈɒmɪnəs/
ominous has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensesthreatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
“a baleful look”
“forbidding thunderclouds”
“his tone became menacing”
“ominous rumblings of discontent”
presaging ill fortune
“ill omens”
“ill predictions”
“{'source': 'P.B.Shelley', 'text': 'my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven'}”
“a dead and ominous silence prevailed”
Synonyms
Synonyms for OMINOUS
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
7
Vowels
4
Consonants
3
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Definition
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Length
7 letters
Starts With
O
Ends With
S
Vowels
4
Consonants
3
Letters
O, M, I, N, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆OMINOUS has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆OMINOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆OMINOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆OMINOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABCDAEF
CV Pattern
VCVCVVC
Vowel Share
57%
Consonant Share
43%
Bigrams
OM, MI, IN, NO, OU, US
Trigrams
OMI, MIN, INO, NOU, OUS
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