spurious
Spurious is also used as adjective, with meanings including ostensibly valid, but not actually valid.
Length
8
Scrabble
10
WWF
13
Starts
SP
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SPURIOUS” Mean?
/ˈspjʊə.ɹi.əs/
spurious has 4 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
4 sensesostensibly valid, but not actually valid
“a spurious argument”
born out of wedlock
“{'source': 'E.A.Freeman', 'text': 'the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring'}”
Synonyms
Synonyms for SPURIOUS
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
8
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Word Intelligence
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Definition
ostensibly valid, but not actually valid
Length
8 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
S
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Letters
S, P, U, R, I, O, U, S
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
★★★★☆SPURIOUS has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SPURIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SPURIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SPURIOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFCA
CV Pattern
CCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
SP, PU, UR, RI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
SPU, PUR, URI, RIO, IOU, OUS
Crossword Intelligence
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