yucky
Yucky is also used as adjective, with meanings including highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
Length
5
Scrabble
17
WWF
17
Starts
YU
Ends
CKY
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “YUCKY” Mean?
/ˈjʌkɪ/
yucky has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensehighly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
“a disgusting smell”
“distasteful language”
“a loathsome disease”
“the idea of eating meat is repellent to me”
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Word Intelligence
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Definition
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
Length
5 letters
Starts With
Y
Ends With
Y
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
Y, U, C, K, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★YUCKY has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆YUCKY is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆YUCKY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆YUCKY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDA
CV Pattern
CVCCC
Vowel Share
20%
Consonant Share
80%
Bigrams
YU, UC, CK, KY
Trigrams
YUC, UCK, CKY
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