approval
Approval can refer to the formal act of approving, a feeling of liking something or someone good, or a message expressing a favorable opinion.
Length
8
Scrabble
15
WWF
19
Starts
AP
Ends
VAL
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “APPROVAL” Mean?
/əˈpɹuːvəl/
approval has 4 documented senses across noun.
Noun
4 sensesa feeling of liking something or someone good
“although she fussed at them, she secretly viewed all her children with approval”
acceptance as satisfactory
“he bought it on approval”
a message expressing a favorable opinion
“words of approval seldom passed his lips”
Synonyms
Synonyms for APPROVAL
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
the formal act of approving
Length
8 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
L
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
A, P, P, R, O, V, A, L
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★APPROVAL has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆APPROVAL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆APPROVAL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆APPROVAL contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
V
Letter Pattern
ABBCDEAF
CV Pattern
VCCCVCVC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
AP, PP, PR, RO, OV, VA, AL
Trigrams
APP, PPR, PRO, ROV, OVA, VAL
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