pertinacious
Pertinacious is also used as adjective, with meanings including stubbornly unyielding.
Length
12
Scrabble
16
WWF
20
Starts
PE
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PERTINACIOUS” Mean?
/ˌpɜːtɪˈneɪʃəs/
pertinacious has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensestubbornly unyielding
“dogged persistence”
“dour determination”
“the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics”
“{'source': 'T.S.Eliot', 'text': 'a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it'}”
Synonyms for PERTINACIOUS
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
12
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
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Definition
stubbornly unyielding
Length
12 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
S
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Letters
P, E, R, T, I, N, A, C, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PERTINACIOUS has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PERTINACIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PERTINACIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PERTINACIOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
11
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHEIJK
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
PE, ER, RT, TI, IN, NA, AC, CI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
PER, ERT, RTI, TIN, INA, NAC, ACI, CIO, IOU, OUS
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