perfunctory
Perfunctory is also used as adjective, with meanings including done or produced as a formality only.
Length
11
Scrabble
21
WWF
24
Starts
PE
Ends
ORY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PERFUNCTORY” Mean?
/pəˈfʌŋk.t(ə)ɹɪ/
perfunctory has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 senseshasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
“a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws”
“a passing glance”
“perfunctory courtesy”
“In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory”
Synonyms
done or produced as a formality only
“a one-candidate pro forma election”
Synonyms for PERFUNCTORY
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
11
Vowels
3
Consonants
8
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Definition
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
Length
11 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
Y
Vowels
3
Consonants
8
Letters
P, E, R, F, U, N, C, T, O, R, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PERFUNCTORY has a Scrabble score of 21. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PERFUNCTORY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PERFUNCTORY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PERFUNCTORY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
10
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHICJ
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCCVCC
Vowel Share
27%
Consonant Share
73%
Bigrams
PE, ER, RF, FU, UN, NC, CT, TO, OR, RY
Trigrams
PER, ERF, RFU, FUN, UNC, NCT, CTO, TOR, ORY
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