approximate
Approximate commonly means to judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) or be close or similar. Approximate is also used as adjective, with meanings including not quite exact or correct.
Length
11
Scrabble
24
WWF
27
Starts
AP
Ends
ATE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “APPROXIMATE” Mean?
/ə.ˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət/
approximate has 5 documented senses across adjective, verb.
Adjective
3 sensesnot quite exact or correct
“the approximate time was 10 o'clock”
“a rough guess”
“a rough estimate”
Synonyms
located close together
“with heads close together”
“approximate leaves grow together but are not united”
Verb
2 sensesScrabble Score
24
Letters
11
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
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Definition
not quite exact or correct
Length
11 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
E
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Letters
A, P, P, R, O, X, I, M, A, T, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
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Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆APPROXIMATE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆APPROXIMATE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆APPROXIMATE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
X
Letter Pattern
ABBCDEFGAHI
CV Pattern
VCCCVCVCVCV
Vowel Share
45%
Consonant Share
55%
Bigrams
AP, PP, PR, RO, OX, XI, IM, MA, AT, TE
Trigrams
APP, PPR, PRO, ROX, OXI, XIM, IMA, MAT, ATE
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