utility
Utility can refer to the quality of being of practical use, a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation, or the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility. Utility is also used as adjective, with meanings including capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team.
Length
7
Scrabble
10
WWF
11
Starts
UT
Ends
ITY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “UTILITY” Mean?
/juːˈtɪl.ɪ.ti/
utility has 8 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
2 sensesused of beef; usable but inferior
capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
“a utility infielder”
Synonyms
Noun
6 sensesa company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
the quality of being of practical use
Synonyms
the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
“the cost of utilities never decreases”
“all the utilities were lost after the hurricane”
(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
“a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users”
a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
“the price of the house included all utilities”
Synonyms for UTILITY
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
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Definition
used of beef; usable but inferior
Length
7 letters
Starts With
U
Ends With
Y
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
U, T, I, L, I, T, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆UTILITY has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆UTILITY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆UTILITY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆UTILITY 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
2
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDCBE
CV Pattern
VCVCVCC
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
UT, TI, IL, LI, IT, TY
Trigrams
UTI, TIL, ILI, LIT, ITY
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