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peevish

/ˈpiːvɪʃ/•adjective

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

1 meaning7 lettersScrabble 15

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

ISH

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “PEEVISH” Mean?

/ˈpiːvɪʃ/

peevish has 1 documented sense across adjective.

Adjective

1 sense

easily irritated or annoyed

“an incorrigibly fractious young man”

“not the least nettlesome of his countrymen”

Synonyms

cranky fractious irritable nettlesome peckish pettish petulant scratchy testy tetchy techy

Synonyms for PEEVISH

cranky fractious irritable nettlesome peckish pettish petulant scratchy testy tetchy techy

Scrabble Score

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Word Intelligence

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

Definition

easily irritated or annoyed

Length

7 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

P, E, E, V, 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 peevish.

PEEVISH is a 7-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 15.

It starts with P and ends with H.

It contains 3 vowels and 4 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 43%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABBCDEF.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVVCVCC.

Word Strategy

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

Scrabble Strategy

★★★★★

PEEVISH has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

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

Crossword Strategy

★★★☆☆

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

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

PEEVISH contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

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

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABBCDEF

CV Pattern

CVVCVCC

Vowel Share

43%

Consonant Share

57%

Bigrams

PE, EE, EV, VI, IS, SH

Trigrams

PEE, EEV, EVI, VIS, ISH

Crossword Intelligence

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

PEEVISH is a 7-letter standard crossword entry.

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

It contains 3 vowels and 4 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVVCVCC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Hard.