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peckish

adjective

Peckish is also used as adjective, with meanings including easily irritated or annoyed.

2 meanings7 lettersScrabble 18

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

ISH

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “PECKISH” Mean?

peckish has 2 documented senses across adjective.

Adjective

2 senses

somewhat hungry

easily irritated or annoyed

“an incorrigibly fractious young man”

“not the least nettlesome of his countrymen”

Synonyms

cranky fractious irritable nettlesome peevish pettish petulant scratchy testy tetchy techy

Synonyms for PECKISH

cranky fractious irritable nettlesome peevish pettish petulant scratchy testy tetchy techy

Scrabble Score

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Word Intelligence

Explore the word peckish with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

somewhat hungry

Length

7 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

P, E, C, K, I, S, H

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for peckish.

PECKISH is a 7-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 18.

It starts with P and ends with H.

It contains 2 vowels and 5 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 29%.

It is an isogram, meaning no letter repeats.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCDEFG.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVCCVCC.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using peckish in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★★★

PECKISH has a Scrabble score of 18. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

PECKISH is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★☆☆

PECKISH can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★★☆

PECKISH uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside peckish.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCDEFG

CV Pattern

CVCCVCC

Vowel Share

29%

Consonant Share

71%

Bigrams

PE, EC, CK, KI, IS, SH

Trigrams

PEC, ECK, CKI, KIS, ISH

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for peckish.

PECKISH is a 7-letter standard crossword entry.

It starts with P and ends with H, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 2 vowels and 5 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVCCVCC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Hard.