precipitous
Precipitous is also used as adjective, with meanings including done with very great haste and without due deliberation.
Length
11
Scrabble
17
WWF
21
Starts
PR
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PRECIPITOUS” Mean?
/pɹɪˈsɪpɪtəs/
precipitous has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensesdone with very great haste and without due deliberation
“{'source': 'Shakespeare', 'text': 'hasty marriage seldom proveth well'}”
“{'source': 'Arthur Geddes', 'text': 'hasty makeshifts take the place of planning'}”
“rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion”
“wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king”
Synonyms for PRECIPITOUS
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
11
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
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Definition
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
Length
11 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Letters
P, R, E, C, I, P, I, T, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PRECIPITOUS has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PRECIPITOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PRECIPITOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PRECIPITOUS 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
2
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDEAEFGHI
CV Pattern
CCVCVCVCVVC
Vowel Share
45%
Consonant Share
55%
Bigrams
PR, RE, EC, CI, IP, PI, IT, TO, OU, US
Trigrams
PRE, REC, ECI, CIP, IPI, PIT, ITO, TOU, OUS
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