debase
Debase commonly means to corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality, lower in value by increasing the base-metal content, or corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones.
Length
6
Scrabble
9
WWF
10
Starts
DE
Ends
ASE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “DEBASE” Mean?
/dɪˈbeɪs/
debase has 3 documented senses across verb.
Verb
3 sensescorrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
“debauch the young people with wine and women”
“Socrates was accused of corrupting young men”
“Do school counselors subvert young children?”
“corrupt the morals”
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
Synonyms
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
“adulterate liquor”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
6
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
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Definition
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Length
6 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Letters
D, E, B, A, S, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆DEBASE has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DEBASE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆DEBASE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DEBASE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
B
Letter Pattern
ABCDEB
CV Pattern
CVCVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
DE, EB, BA, AS, SE
Trigrams
DEB, EBA, BAS, ASE
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