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testy

/ˈtɛsti/•adjective

Testy is also used as adjective, with meanings including easily irritated or annoyed.

1 meaning5 lettersScrabble 8

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

STY

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “TESTY” Mean?

/ˈtɛsti/

testy has 1 documented sense across adjective.

Adjective

1 sense

easily irritated or annoyed

“an incorrigibly fractious young man”

“not the least nettlesome of his countrymen”

Synonyms

cranky fractious irritable nettlesome peevish peckish pettish petulant scratchy tetchy techy

Word Forms

testier testiest

Synonyms for TESTY

cranky fractious irritable nettlesome peevish peckish pettish petulant scratchy tetchy techy

Scrabble Score

Letters

Vowels

Consonants

Word Intelligence

Explore the word testy with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

easily irritated or annoyed

Length

5 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

T, E, S, T, Y

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for testy.

TESTY is a 5-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 8.

It starts with T and ends with Y.

It contains 1 vowel and 4 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 20%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCAD.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVCCC.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using testy in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★☆☆

TESTY has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★★★☆

TESTY is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.

Crossword Strategy

★★★★☆

TESTY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

TESTY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside testy.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCAD

CV Pattern

CVCCC

Vowel Share

20%

Consonant Share

80%

Bigrams

TE, ES, ST, TY

Trigrams

TES, EST, STY

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for testy.

TESTY is a 5-letter standard crossword entry.

It starts with T and ends with Y, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 1 vowel and 4 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVCCC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Medium.