begin
Begin commonly means to take the first step or steps in carrying out an action, have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense, or set in motion, cause to start.
Length
5
Scrabble
8
WWF
11
Starts
BE
Ends
GIN
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “BEGIN” Mean?
/bɪˈɡɪn/
begin has 10 documented senses across verb.
Verb
10 senseshave a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
“The DMZ begins right over the hill”
“The second movement begins after the Allegro”
“Prices for these homes start at $250,000”
Synonyms
begin to speak or say
“‘Now listen, friends’, he began”
“They won't begin the story”
be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
“The number ‘one’ begins the sequence”
“A terrible murder begins the novel”
“The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester”
have a beginning, of a temporal event
“WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland”
“The company's Asia tour begins next month”
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have a beginning characterized in some specified way
“The novel begins with a murder”
“My property begins with the three maple trees”
“Her day begins with a workout”
“The semester begins with a convocation ceremony”
Synonyms
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
“begin a cigar”
“She started the soup while it was still hot”
“We started physics in 10th grade”
Synonyms
achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
“This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation”
“You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war”
begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
“She began Russian at an early age”
“we began French in fourth grade”
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
Length
5 letters
Starts With
B
Ends With
N
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
B, E, G, I, N
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆BEGIN has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆BEGIN is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆BEGIN can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆BEGIN uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
B
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CVCVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
BE, EG, GI, IN
Trigrams
BEG, EGI, GIN
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