unhappy
Unhappy is also used as adjective, with meanings including experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent.
Length
7
Scrabble
17
WWF
19
Starts
UN
Ends
PPY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “UNHAPPY” Mean?
/ʌnˈhæpi/
unhappy has 4 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
4 sensesexperiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
“unhappy over her departure”
“unhappy with her raise”
“after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence”
“had an unhappy time at school”
generalized feeling of distress
Synonyms
causing discomfort
“the unhappy truth”
marked by or producing unhappiness
“infelicitous circumstances”
“{'source': 'American Guide Series', 'text': 'unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes'}”
Synonyms
Word Forms
Synonyms for UNHAPPY
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
7
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
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Definition
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
Length
7 letters
Starts With
U
Ends With
Y
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Letters
U, N, H, A, P, P, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★UNHAPPY has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆UNHAPPY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆UNHAPPY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆UNHAPPY 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
1
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEEF
CV Pattern
VCCVCCC
Vowel Share
29%
Consonant Share
71%
Bigrams
UN, NH, HA, AP, PP, PY
Trigrams
UNH, NHA, HAP, APP, PPY
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