supernumerary
Supernumerary can refer to a person serving no apparent function or a minor actor in crowd scenes. Supernumerary is also used as adjective, with meanings including more than is needed, desired, or required.
Length
13
Scrabble
20
WWF
24
Starts
SU
Ends
ARY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SUPERNUMERARY” Mean?
/ˌsuːpəˈnjuːm(ə)ɹ(ə)ɹi/
supernumerary has 3 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
1 sensemore than is needed, desired, or required
“trying to lose excess weight”
“found some extra change lying on the dresser”
“yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant”
“skills made redundant by technological advance”
Noun
2 sensesa person serving no apparent function
“reducing staff is difficult because our employees include no supernumeraries”
a minor actor in crowd scenes
Synonyms
Synonyms for SUPERNUMERARY
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
13
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Word Intelligence
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Definition
more than is needed, desired, or required
Length
13 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
Y
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Letters
S, U, P, E, R, N, U, M, E, R, A, R, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★SUPERNUMERARY has a Scrabble score of 20. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SUPERNUMERARY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SUPERNUMERARY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 13-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SUPERNUMERARY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
4
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFBGDEHEI
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCVCVCC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
SU, UP, PE, ER, RN, NU, UM, ME, ER, RA, AR, RY
Trigrams
SUP, UPE, PER, ERN, RNU, NUM, UME, MER, ERA, RAR, ARY
Crossword Intelligence
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