roughly
Roughly is also used as adverb, with meanings including with roughness or violence (‘rough’ is an informal variant for ‘roughly’).
Length
7
Scrabble
14
WWF
15
Starts
RO
Ends
HLY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “ROUGHLY” Mean?
/ˈɹʌf.li/
roughly has 3 documented senses across adverb.
Adverb
3 senses(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
“lasted approximately an hour”
“in just about a minute”
“he's about 30 years old”
“I've had about all I can stand”
Synonyms
with roughness or violence (‘rough’ is an informal variant for ‘roughly’)
“he was pushed roughly aside”
“they treated him rough”
Synonyms
Synonyms for ROUGHLY
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
7
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
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Definition
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
Length
7 letters
Starts With
R
Ends With
Y
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Letters
R, O, U, G, H, L, 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
★★★★★ROUGHLY has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ROUGHLY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ROUGHLY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆ROUGHLY uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFG
CV Pattern
CVVCCCC
Vowel Share
29%
Consonant Share
71%
Bigrams
RO, OU, UG, GH, HL, LY
Trigrams
ROU, OUG, UGH, GHL, HLY
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