slippery
Slippery is also used as adjective, with meanings including causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide.
Length
8
Scrabble
15
WWF
17
Starts
SL
Ends
ERY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SLIPPERY” Mean?
/ˈslɪpəɹi/
slippery has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensesScrabble Score
15
Letters
8
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
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Definition
causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
Length
8 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
Y
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Letters
S, L, I, P, P, E, R, 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
★★★★★SLIPPERY has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SLIPPERY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SLIPPERY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SLIPPERY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDDEFG
CV Pattern
CCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
SL, LI, IP, PP, PE, ER, RY
Trigrams
SLI, LIP, IPP, PPE, PER, ERY
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