predatory
Predatory is also used as adjective, with meanings including characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding.
Length
9
Scrabble
15
WWF
15
Starts
PR
Ends
ORY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PREDATORY” Mean?
/ˈpɹedətəɹi/
predatory has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 sensesliving by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
“predatory capitalists”
“{'source': 'Peter S. Prescott', 'text': 'a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal'}”
“{'source': 'W.E.Swinton', 'text': 'a predacious kind of animal — the early geological gangster'}”
Synonyms
Synonyms for PREDATORY
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
Length
9 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
Y
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
P, R, E, D, A, T, O, R, Y
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
★★★★★PREDATORY has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PREDATORY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PREDATORY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PREDATORY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGBH
CV Pattern
CCVCVCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
PR, RE, ED, DA, AT, TO, OR, RY
Trigrams
PRE, RED, EDA, DAT, ATO, TOR, ORY
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