specific
Specific can refer to a fact about some part (as opposed to general) or a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease. Specific is also used as adjective, with meanings including stated explicitly or in detail.
Length
8
Scrabble
17
WWF
20
Starts
SP
Ends
FIC
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SPECIFIC” Mean?
specific has 6 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
4 senses(sometimes followed by ‘to’) applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
“rules with specific application”
“demands specific to the job”
“a specific and detailed account of the accident”
stated explicitly or in detail
“needed a specific amount”
relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
“specific characters”
being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides
“quinine is highly specific for malaria”
“a specific remedy”
“a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements”
Noun
2 sensesa fact about some part (as opposed to general)
“he always reasons from the particular to the general”
Synonyms
a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease
“quinine is a specific for malaria”
Synonyms for SPECIFIC
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
(sometimes followed by ‘to’) applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
Length
8 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
C
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
S, P, E, C, I, F, I, C
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★SPECIFIC has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SPECIFIC is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SPECIFIC can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SPECIFIC 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
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFED
CV Pattern
CCVCVCVC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
SP, PE, EC, CI, IF, FI, IC
Trigrams
SPE, PEC, ECI, CIF, IFI, FIC
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