candidate
Candidate can refer to a politician who is running for public office or someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.).
Length
9
Scrabble
13
WWF
15
Starts
CA
Ends
ATE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CANDIDATE” Mean?
/ˈkæn.dɪdət/
candidate has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesa politician who is running for public office
Synonyms
someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
Synonyms
Synonyms for CANDIDATE
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a politician who is running for public office
Length
9 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
C, A, N, D, I, D, A, T, E
Use Case
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Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆CANDIDATE has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CANDIDATE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CANDIDATE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CANDIDATE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEDBFG
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
CA, AN, ND, DI, ID, DA, AT, TE
Trigrams
CAN, AND, NDI, DID, IDA, DAT, ATE
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