authority
Authority can refer to the power or right to give orders or make decisions, an expert whose views are taken as definitive, or an administrative unit of government.
Length
9
Scrabble
15
WWF
14
Starts
AU
Ends
ITY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “AUTHORITY” Mean?
/ɔːˈθɒɹəti/
authority has 7 documented senses across noun.
Noun
7 sensesthe power or right to give orders or make decisions
“he has the authority to issue warrants”
“deputies are given authorization to make arrests”
“a place of potency in the state”
(usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
“the authorities have issued a curfew”
an expert whose views are taken as definitive
“he is an authority on corporate law”
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
“his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular”
“after that failure he lost his confidence”
“she spoke with authority”
Synonyms
official permission or approval
“authority for the program was renewed several times”
Show 1 more noun definition
an authoritative written work
“this book is the final authority on the life of Milton”
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
the power or right to give orders or make decisions
Length
9 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
Y
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
A, U, T, H, O, R, I, T, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★AUTHORITY has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆AUTHORITY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆AUTHORITY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆AUTHORITY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGCH
CV Pattern
VVCCVCVCC
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
AU, UT, TH, HO, OR, RI, IT, TY
Trigrams
AUT, UTH, THO, HOR, ORI, RIT, ITY
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