thankless
Thankless is also used as adjective, with meanings including not feeling or showing gratitude.
Length
9
Scrabble
16
WWF
17
Starts
TH
Ends
ESS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “THANKLESS” Mean?
thankless has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensesnot feeling or showing gratitude
“ungrateful heirs”
“{'source': 'Shakespeare', 'text': "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"}”
Synonyms
Synonyms for THANKLESS
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
9
Vowels
2
Consonants
7
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Definition
not feeling or showing gratitude
Length
9 letters
Starts With
T
Ends With
S
Vowels
2
Consonants
7
Letters
T, H, A, N, K, L, E, S, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★THANKLESS has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆THANKLESS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆THANKLESS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆THANKLESS 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
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHH
CV Pattern
CCVCCCVCC
Vowel Share
22%
Consonant Share
78%
Bigrams
TH, HA, AN, NK, KL, LE, ES, SS
Trigrams
THA, HAN, ANK, NKL, KLE, LES, ESS
Crossword Intelligence
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