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porous

/ˈpɔːɹəs/•adjective

Porous is also used as adjective, with meanings including full of pores or vessels or holes.

3 meanings6 lettersScrabble 8

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OUS

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “POROUS” Mean?

/ˈpɔːɹəs/

porous has 3 documented senses across adjective.

Adjective

3 senses

able to absorb fluids

“the partly porous walls of our digestive system”

“compacting the soil to make it less porous”

full of pores or vessels or holes

Synonyms

poriferous

allowing passage in and out

“our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous”

Synonyms

holey

Synonyms for POROUS

poriferous holey

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Word Intelligence

Explore the word porous with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

able to absorb fluids

Length

6 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

P, O, R, O, U, S

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for porous.

POROUS is a 6-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 8.

It starts with P and ends with S.

It contains 3 vowels and 3 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 50%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCBDE.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVCVVC.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using porous in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★☆☆

POROUS has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

POROUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★★☆

POROUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

POROUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside porous.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCBDE

CV Pattern

CVCVVC

Vowel Share

50%

Consonant Share

50%

Bigrams

PO, OR, RO, OU, US

Trigrams

POR, ORO, ROU, OUS

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for porous.

POROUS is a 6-letter standard crossword entry.

It starts with P and ends with S, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 3 vowels and 3 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVCVVC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Medium.