penultimate
Penultimate can refer to the next to last syllable in a word. Penultimate is also used as adjective, with meanings including second last.
Length
11
Scrabble
15
WWF
20
Starts
PE
Ends
ATE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PENULTIMATE” Mean?
/pɪˈnʌltɪmət/
penultimate has 2 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
1 sensesecond last
“the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter”
“the figures in the next-to-last column”
Noun
1 senseScrabble Score
15
Letters
11
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Word Intelligence
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Definition
second last
Length
11 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
E
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Letters
P, E, N, U, L, T, I, M, A, T, E
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
★★★★★PENULTIMATE has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PENULTIMATE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PENULTIMATE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PENULTIMATE 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
2
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHIFB
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCVCV
Vowel Share
45%
Consonant Share
55%
Bigrams
PE, EN, NU, UL, LT, TI, IM, MA, AT, TE
Trigrams
PEN, ENU, NUL, ULT, LTI, TIM, IMA, MAT, ATE
Crossword Intelligence
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