peripheral
Peripheral can refer to electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer. Peripheral is also used as adjective, with meanings including related to the key issue but not of central importance.
Length
10
Scrabble
17
WWF
19
Starts
PE
Ends
RAL
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PERIPHERAL” Mean?
/pəˈɹɪf(ə)ɹ(ə)l/
peripheral has 3 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
2 senseson or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area
“Russia's peripheral provinces”
“peripheral suburbs”
related to the key issue but not of central importance
“a peripheral interest”
“energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy”
“peripheral issues”
Noun
1 senseelectronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer
“disk drives and printers are important peripherals”
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
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Definition
on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area
Length
10 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
L
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
P, E, R, I, P, H, E, R, A, L
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PERIPHERAL has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PERIPHERAL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PERIPHERAL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆PERIPHERAL contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDAEBCFG
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
PE, ER, RI, IP, PH, HE, ER, RA, AL
Trigrams
PER, ERI, RIP, IPH, PHE, HER, ERA, RAL
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