defeat
Defeat can refer to an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest or the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals. As a verb, defeat can mean to win a victory over or thwart the passage of.
Length
6
Scrabble
10
WWF
10
Starts
DE
Ends
EAT
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “DEFEAT” Mean?
defeat has 4 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensesan unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
“it was a narrow defeat”
“the army's only defeat”
“they suffered a convincing licking”
Synonyms
the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
Synonyms
Verb
2 sensesSynonyms for DEFEAT
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
6
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
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Definition
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
Length
6 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
T
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Letters
D, E, F, E, A, T
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆DEFEAT has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DEFEAT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆DEFEAT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DEFEAT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCBDE
CV Pattern
CVCVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
DE, EF, FE, EA, AT
Trigrams
DEF, EFE, FEA, EAT
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