apposition
Apposition can refer to a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows, the act of positioning close together (or side by side), or (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material.
Length
10
Scrabble
14
WWF
17
Starts
AP
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “APPOSITION” Mean?
/ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/
apposition has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesa grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
“‘Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer’ is an example of apposition”
(biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
“it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors”
Synonyms
Synonyms for APPOSITION
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
10
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
Length
10 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
N
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Letters
A, P, P, O, S, I, T, I, O, N
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★APPOSITION has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆APPOSITION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆APPOSITION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆APPOSITION contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABBCDEFECG
CV Pattern
VCCVCVCVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
AP, PP, PO, OS, SI, IT, TI, IO, ON
Trigrams
APP, PPO, POS, OSI, SIT, ITI, TIO, ION
Crossword Intelligence
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