premature
Premature is also used as adjective, with meanings including born after a gestation period of less than the normal time.
Length
9
Scrabble
13
WWF
16
Starts
PR
Ends
URE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PREMATURE” Mean?
/ˌpɹɛ.məˈtjʊə/
premature has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 sensesborn after a gestation period of less than the normal time
“a premature infant”
too soon or too hasty
“our condemnation of him was a bit previous”
“a premature judgment”
Synonyms
uncommonly early or before the expected time
“illness led to his premature death”
“alcohol brought him to an untimely end”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
born after a gestation period of less than the normal time
Length
9 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
P, R, E, M, A, T, U, R, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆PREMATURE has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PREMATURE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PREMATURE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PREMATURE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGBC
CV Pattern
CCVCVCVCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
PR, RE, EM, MA, AT, TU, UR, RE
Trigrams
PRE, REM, EMA, MAT, ATU, TUR, URE
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