ulterior
Ulterior is also used as adjective, with meanings including lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed).
Length
8
Scrabble
8
WWF
10
Starts
UL
Ends
IOR
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ULTERIOR” Mean?
/ʌlˈtɪə.ɹɪə/
ulterior has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 senseslying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
“subterranean motives for murder”
“{'source': 'Bertrand Russell', 'text': 'looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge'}”
Synonyms
beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote
“a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion”
“{'source': 'G.B.Shaw', 'text': 'without … any purpose, immediate or ulterior'}”
Synonyms for ULTERIOR
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
8
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
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Definition
lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
Length
8 letters
Starts With
U
Ends With
R
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Letters
U, L, T, E, R, I, O, R
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆ULTERIOR has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ULTERIOR is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ULTERIOR can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ULTERIOR contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
U
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGE
CV Pattern
VCCVCVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
UL, LT, TE, ER, RI, IO, OR
Trigrams
ULT, LTE, TER, ERI, RIO, IOR
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