askance
Askance is also used as adjective or adverb, with meanings including (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy or with suspicion or disapproval.
Length
7
Scrabble
13
WWF
15
Starts
AS
Ends
NCE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “ASKANCE” Mean?
/əˈskæns/
askance has 3 documented senses across adjective, adverb.
Adjective
1 senseAdverb
2 senseswith suspicion or disapproval
“he looked askance at the offer”
with a side or oblique glance
“did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes”
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
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Definition
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
Length
7 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
A, S, K, A, N, C, E
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆ASKANCE has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ASKANCE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ASKANCE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ASKANCE 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
1
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCADEF
CV Pattern
VCCVCCV
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
AS, SK, KA, AN, NC, CE
Trigrams
ASK, SKA, KAN, ANC, NCE
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