apprehensive
Apprehensive is also used as adjective, with meanings including mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc.
Length
12
Scrabble
22
WWF
25
Starts
AP
Ends
IVE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “APPREHENSIVE” Mean?
/ˌæpɹɪˈhɛnsɪv/
apprehensive has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 sensesquick to understand
“{'source': 'Nathaniel Hawthorne', 'text': 'a kind and apprehensive friend'}”
Synonyms
mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
“apprehensive about her job”
“not used to a city and worried about small things”
“felt apprehensive about the consequences”
Synonyms
in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
“apprehensive for one's life”
“apprehensive of danger”
Synonyms for APPREHENSIVE
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
12
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
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Definition
quick to understand
Length
12 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
E
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Letters
A, P, P, R, E, H, E, N, S, I, V, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★APPREHENSIVE has a Scrabble score of 22. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆APPREHENSIVE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆APPREHENSIVE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆APPREHENSIVE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABBCDEDFGHID
CV Pattern
VCCCVCVCCVCV
Vowel Share
42%
Consonant Share
58%
Bigrams
AP, PP, PR, RE, EH, HE, EN, NS, SI, IV, VE
Trigrams
APP, PPR, PRE, REH, EHE, HEN, ENS, NSI, SIV, IVE
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