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puerile

/ˈpjʊə.ɹaɪl/•adjective

Puerile is also used as adjective, with meanings including of or characteristic of a child.

2 meanings7 lettersScrabble 9

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

ILE

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “PUERILE” Mean?

/ˈpjʊə.ɹaɪl/

puerile has 2 documented senses across adjective.

Adjective

2 senses

of or characteristic of a child

“puerile breathing”

displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

“adolescent insecurity”

“jejune responses to our problems”

“their behavior was juvenile”

“puerile jokes”

Synonyms

adolescent jejune juvenile

Synonyms for PUERILE

adolescent jejune juvenile

Scrabble Score

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Word Intelligence

Explore the word puerile with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

of or characteristic of a child

Length

7 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

P, U, E, R, I, L, E

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for puerile.

PUERILE is a 7-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 9.

It starts with P and ends with E.

It contains 4 vowels and 3 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 57%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCDEFC.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVVCVCV.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using puerile in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★☆☆

PUERILE has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

PUERILE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★☆☆

PUERILE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

PUERILE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside puerile.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCDEFC

CV Pattern

CVVCVCV

Vowel Share

57%

Consonant Share

43%

Bigrams

PU, UE, ER, RI, IL, LE

Trigrams

PUE, UER, ERI, RIL, ILE

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for puerile.

PUERILE is a 7-letter standard crossword entry.

It starts with P and ends with E, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 4 vowels and 3 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVVCVCV.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Medium.