challenge
Challenge can refer to a demanding or stimulating situation, a call to engage in a contest or fight, or a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror. As a verb, challenge can mean to take exception to, issue a challenge to, or ask for identification.
Length
9
Scrabble
15
WWF
19
Starts
CH
Ends
NGE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CHALLENGE” Mean?
/ˈtʃæl.ɪndʒ/
challenge has 9 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
5 sensesa demanding or stimulating situation
“they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power”
a call to engage in a contest or fight
questioning a statement and demanding an explanation
“his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy”
a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
Verb
4 sensesScrabble Score
15
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
a demanding or stimulating situation
Length
9 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
C, H, A, L, L, E, N, G, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★CHALLENGE has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CHALLENGE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CHALLENGE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CHALLENGE 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
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDDEFGE
CV Pattern
CCVCCVCCV
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
CH, HA, AL, LL, LE, EN, NG, GE
Trigrams
CHA, HAL, ALL, LLE, LEN, ENG, NGE
Crossword Intelligence
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