uncommon
Uncommon is also used as adjective, with meanings including not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind.
Length
8
Scrabble
14
WWF
20
Starts
UN
Ends
MON
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “UNCOMMON” Mean?
/ʌnˈkɒmən/
uncommon has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensesnot common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
“uncommon birds”
“frost and floods are uncommon during these months”
“doing an uncommon amount of business”
“an uncommon liking for money”
marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
“{'source': 'J.R.Lowell', 'text': 'what is so rare as a day in June'}”
“a rare skill”
“an uncommon sense of humor”
“she was kind to an uncommon degree”
Synonyms
Synonyms for UNCOMMON
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
Length
8 letters
Starts With
U
Ends With
N
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
U, N, C, O, M, M, O, N
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
★★★★★UNCOMMON has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆UNCOMMON is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆UNCOMMON can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆UNCOMMON contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEEDB
CV Pattern
VCCVCCVC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
UN, NC, CO, OM, MM, MO, ON
Trigrams
UNC, NCO, COM, OMM, MMO, MON
Crossword Intelligence
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