temporary
Temporary can refer to a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis. Temporary is also used as adjective, with meanings including lacking continuity or regularity.
Length
9
Scrabble
16
WWF
17
Starts
TE
Ends
ARY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “TEMPORARY” Mean?
/ˈtɛmpəɹəɹi/
temporary has 3 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
2 sensesnot permanent; not lasting
“{'source': 'James Thurber', 'text': 'politics is an impermanent factor of life'}”
“impermanent palm cottages”
“a temporary arrangement”
“temporary housing”
Synonyms
lacking continuity or regularity
“an irregular worker”
“employed on a temporary basis”
Synonyms
Noun
1 sensea worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
Synonyms
Synonyms for TEMPORARY
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Word Intelligence
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Definition
not permanent; not lasting
Length
9 letters
Starts With
T
Ends With
Y
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
T, E, M, P, O, R, A, R, Y
Use Case
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Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★TEMPORARY has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆TEMPORARY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆TEMPORARY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆TEMPORARY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGFH
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
TE, EM, MP, PO, OR, RA, AR, RY
Trigrams
TEM, EMP, MPO, POR, ORA, RAR, ARY
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