dance
Dance can refer to an artistic form of nonverbal communication, a party of people assembled for dancing, or a party for social dancing. As a verb, dance can mean to move in a graceful and rhythmical way, move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance, or skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways.
Length
5
Scrabble
8
WWF
10
Starts
DA
Ends
NCE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “DANCE” Mean?
/dæns/
dance has 7 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
4 sensesan artistic form of nonverbal communication
a party of people assembled for dancing
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
Synonyms
a party for social dancing
Verb
3 sensesmove in a graceful and rhythmical way
“The young girl danced into the room”
“The crowds dance in the streets”
“The streets dance with crowds”
move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
“My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio”
“Sam and Sue dance”
skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways
“Dancing flames”
“The children danced with joy”
Synonyms for DANCE
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
Length
5 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
E
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
D, A, N, C, E
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆DANCE has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆DANCE is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆DANCE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
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★★★★☆DANCE uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CVCCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
DA, AN, NC, CE
Trigrams
DAN, ANC, NCE
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