ostensibly
Ostensibly is also used as adverb, with meanings including from appearances alone.
Length
10
Scrabble
15
WWF
17
Starts
OS
Ends
BLY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “OSTENSIBLY” Mean?
/ɒˈstɛn.sɪ.bli/
ostensibly has 1 documented sense across adverb.
Adverb
1 sensefrom appearances alone
“irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land”
“the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned”
“{'source': 'Thomas Hardy', 'text': 'had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it'}”
“on the face of it the problem seems minor”
Synonyms
Synonyms for OSTENSIBLY
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
10
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
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Definition
from appearances alone
Length
10 letters
Starts With
O
Ends With
Y
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
Letters
O, S, T, E, N, S, I, B, L, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★OSTENSIBLY has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆OSTENSIBLY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆OSTENSIBLY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆OSTENSIBLY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDEBFGHI
CV Pattern
VCCVCCVCCC
Vowel Share
30%
Consonant Share
70%
Bigrams
OS, ST, TE, EN, NS, SI, IB, BL, LY
Trigrams
OST, STE, TEN, ENS, NSI, SIB, IBL, BLY
Crossword Intelligence
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