proprietary
Proprietary can refer to an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits. Proprietary is also used as adjective, with meanings including protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights.
Length
11
Scrabble
18
WWF
19
Starts
PR
Ends
ARY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PROPRIETARY” Mean?
/pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/
proprietary has 2 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
1 senseprotected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights
“‘Tylenol’ is a proprietary drug of which ‘acetaminophen’ is the generic form”
Noun
1 sensean unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
Synonyms
Synonyms for PROPRIETARY
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
11
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Word Intelligence
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Definition
protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights
Length
11 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
Y
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Letters
P, R, O, P, R, I, E, T, A, R, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PROPRIETARY has a Scrabble score of 18. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PROPRIETARY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PROPRIETARY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PROPRIETARY 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
3
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCABDEFGBH
CV Pattern
CCVCCVVCVCC
Vowel Share
36%
Consonant Share
64%
Bigrams
PR, RO, OP, PR, RI, IE, ET, TA, AR, RY
Trigrams
PRO, ROP, OPR, PRI, RIE, IET, ETA, TAR, ARY
Crossword Intelligence
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