professional
Professional can refer to a person engaged in one of the learned professions, an athlete who plays for pay, or an authority qualified to teach apprentices. Professional is also used as adjective, with meanings including engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood.
Length
12
Scrabble
17
WWF
20
Starts
PR
Ends
NAL
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PROFESSIONAL” Mean?
/pɹəˈfɛʃənəl/
professional has 8 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
5 sensesengaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
“the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications”
“began her professional career after the Olympics”
“professional theater”
“professional football”
of or relating to or suitable as a profession
“professional organizations”
“a professional field such as law”
characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
“professional conduct”
“professional ethics”
“a thoroughly professional performance”
of or relating to a profession
“we need professional advice”
“professional training”
“professional equipment for his new office”
engaged in by members of a profession
“professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching”
Noun
3 sensesScrabble Score
17
Letters
12
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
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Definition
engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
Length
12 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
L
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Letters
P, R, O, F, E, S, S, I, O, N, A, L
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
Strategy notes for using professional in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.
Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PROFESSIONAL has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PROFESSIONAL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PROFESSIONAL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PROFESSIONAL contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
10
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFFGCHIJ
CV Pattern
CCVCVCCVVCVC
Vowel Share
42%
Consonant Share
58%
Bigrams
PR, RO, OF, FE, ES, SS, SI, IO, ON, NA, AL
Trigrams
PRO, ROF, OFE, FES, ESS, SSI, SIO, ION, ONA, NAL
Crossword Intelligence
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