prehensile
Prehensile is also used as adjective, with meanings including adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object.
Length
10
Scrabble
15
WWF
17
Starts
PR
Ends
ILE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PREHENSILE” Mean?
/pɹɪˈhɛn.saɪl/
prehensile has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 sensesadapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
“a monkey's prehensile tail”
having a keen intellect
“{'source': 'A.T.Quiller-Couch', 'text': 'poets — those gifted strangely prehensile men'}”
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
“they are avaricious and will do anything for money”
“casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields”
“a grasping old miser”
“grasping commercialism”
Synonyms for PREHENSILE
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
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Definition
adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
Length
10 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
P, R, E, H, E, N, S, I, L, E
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
★★★★★PREHENSILE has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PREHENSILE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PREHENSILE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PREHENSILE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDCEFGHC
CV Pattern
CCVCVCCVCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
PR, RE, EH, HE, EN, NS, SI, IL, LE
Trigrams
PRE, REH, EHE, HEN, ENS, NSI, SIL, ILE
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