posthumous
Posthumous is also used as adjective, with meanings including occurring or coming into existence after a person's death.
Length
10
Scrabble
17
WWF
20
Starts
PO
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “POSTHUMOUS” Mean?
/ˈpɒs.tʃə.məs/
posthumous has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseoccurring or coming into existence after a person's death
“a posthumous award”
“a posthumous book”
“a posthumous daughter”
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
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Definition
occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
Length
10 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
S
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
P, O, S, T, H, U, M, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★POSTHUMOUS has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆POSTHUMOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆POSTHUMOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆POSTHUMOUS 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
ABCDEFGBFC
CV Pattern
CVCCCVCVVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
PO, OS, ST, TH, HU, UM, MO, OU, US
Trigrams
POS, OST, STH, THU, HUM, UMO, MOU, OUS
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