continue
Continue commonly means to continue a certain state, condition, or activity, keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last, or move ahead; travel onward in time or space.
Length
8
Scrabble
10
WWF
14
Starts
CO
Ends
NUE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CONTINUE” Mean?
/kənˈtɪnjuː/
continue has 10 documented senses across verb.
Verb
10 sensescontinue talking
“‘I know it's hard,’ he continued, ‘but there is no choice’”
“carry on — pretend we are not in the room”
Synonyms
move ahead; travel onward in time or space
“We proceeded towards Washington”
“She continued in the direction of the hills”
“We are moving ahead in time now”
“They continue up the hill”
Synonyms
do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
“We continued our research into the cause of the illness”
“The landlord persists in asking us to move”
Show 4 more verb definitions
continue after an interruption
“The demonstration continued after a break for lunch”
exist over a prolonged period of time
“The bad weather continued for two more weeks”
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
8
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Word Intelligence
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Definition
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
Length
8 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Letters
C, O, N, T, I, N, U, 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
★★★★☆CONTINUE has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CONTINUE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CONTINUE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CONTINUE 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
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDECFG
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
CO, ON, NT, TI, IN, NU, UE
Trigrams
CON, ONT, NTI, TIN, INU, NUE
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