auction
Auction can refer to the public sale of something to the highest bidder or a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge. As a verb, auction can mean to sell at an auction.
Length
7
Scrabble
9
WWF
12
Starts
AU
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “AUCTION” Mean?
/ˈɔːkʃən/
auction has 3 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensesa variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge
the public sale of something to the highest bidder
Synonyms
Verb
1 sensesell at an auction
Synonyms
Synonyms for AUCTION
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
7
Vowels
4
Consonants
3
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Definition
a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge
Length
7 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
N
Vowels
4
Consonants
3
Letters
A, U, C, T, I, O, N
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Scrabble Strategy
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Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆AUCTION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
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★★★☆☆AUCTION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFG
CV Pattern
VVCCVVC
Vowel Share
57%
Consonant Share
43%
Bigrams
AU, UC, CT, TI, IO, ON
Trigrams
AUC, UCT, CTI, TIO, ION
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