thorough
Thorough is also used as adjective, with meanings including painstakingly careful and accurate.
Length
8
Scrabble
15
WWF
15
Starts
TH
Ends
UGH
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “THOROUGH” Mean?
/ˈθʌɹə/
thorough has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 sensespainstakingly careful and accurate
“our accountant is thorough”
“thorough research”
performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial
“an exhaustive study”
“made a thorough search”
“thoroughgoing research”
Synonyms
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
“an arrant fool”
“a complete coward”
“a consummate fool”
“a double-dyed villain”
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
painstakingly careful and accurate
Length
8 letters
Starts With
T
Ends With
H
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
T, H, O, R, O, U, G, H
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
★★★★★THOROUGH has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆THOROUGH is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆THOROUGH can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆THOROUGH contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDCEFB
CV Pattern
CCVCVVCC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
TH, HO, OR, RO, OU, UG, GH
Trigrams
THO, HOR, ORO, ROU, OUG, UGH
Crossword Intelligence
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