perspicacious
Perspicacious is also used as adjective, with meanings including acutely insightful and wise.
Length
13
Scrabble
21
WWF
26
Starts
PE
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PERSPICACIOUS” Mean?
/ˌpɜː.spɪˈkeɪ.ʃəs/
perspicacious has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensesmentally acute or penetratingly discerning
“too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow”
“chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership”
“much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument”
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
13
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
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Definition
acutely insightful and wise
Length
13 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
S
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Letters
P, E, R, S, P, I, C, A, C, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PERSPICACIOUS has a Scrabble score of 21. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PERSPICACIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PERSPICACIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 13-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PERSPICACIOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
4
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDAEFGFEHID
CV Pattern
CVCCCVCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
46%
Consonant Share
54%
Bigrams
PE, ER, RS, SP, PI, IC, CA, AC, CI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
PER, ERS, RSP, SPI, PIC, ICA, CAC, ACI, CIO, IOU, OUS
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