parsimonious
Parsimonious is also used as adjective, with meanings including excessively unwilling to spend.
Length
12
Scrabble
16
WWF
20
Starts
PA
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PARSIMONIOUS” Mean?
/pɑɹ.sɪˈmo͡ʊn.i.əs/
parsimonious has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseexcessively unwilling to spend
“parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses”
“lived in a most penurious manner — denying himself every indulgence”
Synonyms
Synonyms for PARSIMONIOUS
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
12
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
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Definition
excessively unwilling to spend
Length
12 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
S
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Letters
P, A, R, S, I, M, O, N, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PARSIMONIOUS has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PARSIMONIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PARSIMONIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PARSIMONIOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHEGID
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
PA, AR, RS, SI, IM, MO, ON, NI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
PAR, ARS, RSI, SIM, IMO, MON, ONI, NIO, IOU, OUS
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