Ingenue
7 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
An actress who specialises in roles portraying innocent, naive, and artless young women.
“She was cast as the ingenue in the romantic comedy, playing a wide-eyed student.”
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in·ge·nue
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Contains three vowels with an unusual ending in UE. Very hard to guess without knowledge of the word.
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High vowel count helps when vowels are plentiful. Unusual word worth playing if you have the letters.
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