tenuously
Tenuously is also used as adverb, with meanings including in a tenuous manner.
Length
9
Scrabble
12
WWF
15
Starts
TE
Ends
SLY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “TENUOUSLY” Mean?
tenuously has 1 documented sense across adverb.
Adverb
1 sensein a tenuous manner
“his works tenuously survive in the minds of a few scholars”
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
in a tenuous manner
Length
9 letters
Starts With
T
Ends With
Y
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
T, E, N, U, O, U, S, L, 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
★★★★☆TENUOUSLY has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆TENUOUSLY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆TENUOUSLY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆TENUOUSLY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDEDFGH
CV Pattern
CVCVVVCCC
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
TE, EN, NU, UO, OU, US, SL, LY
Trigrams
TEN, ENU, NUO, UOU, OUS, USL, SLY
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