tenacious
Tenacious is also used as adjective, with meanings including good at remembering.
Length
9
Scrabble
11
WWF
14
Starts
TE
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “TENACIOUS” Mean?
/təˈneɪʃəs/
tenacious has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 sensesstubbornly unyielding
“dogged persistence”
“dour determination”
“the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics”
“{'source': 'T.S.Eliot', 'text': 'a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it'}”
Synonyms for TENACIOUS
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
9
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
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Definition
good at remembering
Length
9 letters
Starts With
T
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
Letters
T, E, N, A, C, I, O, U, S
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆TENACIOUS has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆TENACIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆TENACIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHI
CV Pattern
CVCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
56%
Consonant Share
44%
Bigrams
TE, EN, NA, AC, CI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
TEN, ENA, NAC, ACI, CIO, IOU, OUS
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