ordinary
Ordinary can refer to a judge of a probate court, the expected or commonplace condition or situation, or a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death. Ordinary is also used as adjective, with meanings including not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree.
Length
8
Scrabble
12
WWF
12
Starts
OR
Ends
ARY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ORDINARY” Mean?
/ˈɔːdɪnəɹi/
ordinary has 7 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
2 sensesnot exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree
“ordinary everyday objects”
“ordinary decency”
“an ordinary day”
“an ordinary wine”
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
“average people”
“the ordinary (or common) man in the street”
Synonyms
Noun
5 sensesa judge of a probate court
the expected or commonplace condition or situation
“not out of the ordinary”
a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
(heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields
Synonyms for ORDINARY
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree
Length
8 letters
Starts With
O
Ends With
Y
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
O, R, D, I, N, A, R, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆ORDINARY has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ORDINARY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ORDINARY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ORDINARY 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
1
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFBG
CV Pattern
VCCVCVCC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
OR, RD, DI, IN, NA, AR, RY
Trigrams
ORD, RDI, DIN, INA, NAR, ARY
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