citation
Citation can refer to an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement, a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage, or a passage or expression that is quoted or cited.
Length
8
Scrabble
10
WWF
12
Starts
CI
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CITATION” Mean?
/ˌsaɪˈteɪʃn̩/
citation has 5 documented senses across noun.
Noun
5 sensesan official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement
Synonyms
(law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
“the student's essay failed to list several important citations”
“the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book”
“the article includes mention of similar clinical cases”
a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding
Synonyms for CITATION
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
8
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
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Definition
an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement
Length
8 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
N
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Letters
C, I, T, A, T, I, O, N
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆CITATION has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CITATION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CITATION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CITATION contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDCBEF
CV Pattern
CVCVCVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
CI, IT, TA, AT, TI, IO, ON
Trigrams
CIT, ITA, TAT, ATI, TIO, ION
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