selfish
Selfish is also used as adjective, with meanings including concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others.
Length
7
Scrabble
13
WWF
13
Starts
SE
Ends
ISH
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “SELFISH” Mean?
/ˈsɛlfɪʃ/
selfish has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseconcerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
“{'source': 'Maria Weston Chapman', 'text': 'Selfish men were … trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights'}”
“{'source': "George Eliot's Exploration of Art and Influence after Middlemarch - Wendy S Williams", 'text': 'The merely egoistic satisfactions of fame are easily nullified'}”
“{'source': 'http://wisesyracuse.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/what-kind-of-a-leader-are-you/', 'text': 'However, because of their strong-minded nature, they are often perceived as difficult and egoistical individuals.'}”
“{'source': 'http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2011/10/knocked_up_at_the_movies.html', 'text': 'I will never forgive her for her egocentric and shameful conduct towards Gilliatt'}”
Synonyms
Synonyms for SELFISH
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
7
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
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Definition
concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
Length
7 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
H
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Letters
S, E, L, F, I, S, H
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆SELFISH has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SELFISH is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SELFISH can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SELFISH contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEAF
CV Pattern
CVCCVCC
Vowel Share
29%
Consonant Share
71%
Bigrams
SE, EL, LF, FI, IS, SH
Trigrams
SEL, ELF, LFI, FIS, ISH
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