roughness
Roughness can refer to a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven, the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses, or an unpolished unrefined quality.
Length
9
Scrabble
13
WWF
15
Starts
RO
Ends
ESS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ROUGHNESS” Mean?
roughness has 7 documented senses across noun.
Noun
7 sensesa texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
Synonyms
the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses
Synonyms
used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
Synonyms
rowdy behavior
Synonyms
the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
Synonyms
Show 1 more noun definition
harsh or severe speech or behavior
“men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity”
“the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet”
Synonyms for ROUGHNESS
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
Length
9 letters
Starts With
R
Ends With
S
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
R, O, U, G, H, N, E, S, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆ROUGHNESS has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ROUGHNESS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ROUGHNESS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ROUGHNESS 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
1
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHH
CV Pattern
CVVCCCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
RO, OU, UG, GH, HN, NE, ES, SS
Trigrams
ROU, OUG, UGH, GHN, HNE, NES, ESS
Crossword Intelligence
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