affection
Affection can refer to a positive feeling of liking.
Length
9
Scrabble
17
WWF
19
Starts
AF
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “AFFECTION” Mean?
/əˈfɛkʃən/
affection has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensea positive feeling of liking
“he had trouble expressing the affection he felt”
“the child won everyone's heart”
“the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home”
Synonyms for AFFECTION
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
a positive feeling of liking
Length
9 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
N
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
A, F, F, E, C, T, I, O, N
Use Case
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Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★AFFECTION has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆AFFECTION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆AFFECTION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆AFFECTION contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABBCDEFGH
CV Pattern
VCCVCCVVC
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
AF, FF, FE, EC, CT, TI, IO, ON
Trigrams
AFF, FFE, FEC, ECT, CTI, TIO, ION
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