Centile
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
In statistics, any of the ninety-nine values that divide a ranked dataset into one hundred equal groups.
“A child in the ninety-seventh centile for height is taller than ninety-seven per cent of peers.”
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Contains three vowels E, I, E, the -ILE ending appears frequently in Wordle answers
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Worth 9 points, all common tiles and the -ILE ending allows hooking with D or S
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