precarious
Precarious is also used as adjective, with meanings including affording no ease or reassurance.
Length
10
Scrabble
14
WWF
17
Starts
PR
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PRECARIOUS” Mean?
precarious has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 sensesScrabble Score
14
Letters
10
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
affording no ease or reassurance
Length
10 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Letters
P, R, E, C, A, R, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PRECARIOUS has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PRECARIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PRECARIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PRECARIOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDEBFGHI
CV Pattern
CCVCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
PR, RE, EC, CA, AR, RI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
PRE, REC, ECA, CAR, ARI, RIO, IOU, OUS
Crossword Intelligence
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