skillful
Skillful is also used as adjective, with meanings including having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
Length
8
Scrabble
15
WWF
19
Starts
SK
Ends
FUL
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SKILLFUL” Mean?
/ˈskɪl.fəl/
skillful has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensesdone with delicacy and skill
“a nice bit of craft”
“a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer”
“a nice shot”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
8
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
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Definition
having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
Length
8 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
L
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Letters
S, K, I, L, L, F, U, L
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★SKILLFUL has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SKILLFUL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SKILLFUL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SKILLFUL 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
2
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDDEFD
CV Pattern
CCVCCCVC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
SK, KI, IL, LL, LF, FU, UL
Trigrams
SKI, KIL, ILL, LLF, LFU, FUL
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