unemployed
Unemployed can refer to people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group). Unemployed is also used as adjective, with meanings including not engaged in a gainful occupation.
Length
10
Scrabble
18
WWF
22
Starts
UN
Ends
YED
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “UNEMPLOYED” Mean?
/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/
unemployed has 2 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
1 sensenot engaged in a gainful occupation
“unemployed workers marched on the capital”
Noun
1 sensepeople who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)
“the long-term unemployed need assistance”
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
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Definition
not engaged in a gainful occupation
Length
10 letters
Starts With
U
Ends With
D
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
U, N, E, M, P, L, O, Y, E, D
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★UNEMPLOYED has a Scrabble score of 18. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆UNEMPLOYED is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆UNEMPLOYED can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆UNEMPLOYED contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHCI
CV Pattern
VCVCCCVCVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
UN, NE, EM, MP, PL, LO, OY, YE, ED
Trigrams
UNE, NEM, EMP, MPL, PLO, LOY, OYE, YED
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