compulsion
Compulsion can refer to an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid, an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will, or using force to cause something to occur.
Length
10
Scrabble
16
WWF
22
Starts
CO
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “COMPULSION” Mean?
/kəmˈpʌl.ʃən/
compulsion has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesan urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
“he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident”
an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
“her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly”
Synonyms
using force to cause something to occur
“though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game”
“they didn't have to use coercion”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
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Definition
an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
Length
10 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
N
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
C, O, M, P, U, L, S, I, O, N
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★COMPULSION has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆COMPULSION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆COMPULSION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆COMPULSION contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHBI
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCVVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
CO, OM, MP, PU, UL, LS, SI, IO, ON
Trigrams
COM, OMP, MPU, PUL, ULS, LSI, SIO, ION
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