degenerate
Degenerate can refer to a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior. As a verb, degenerate can mean to grow progressively worse.
Length
10
Scrabble
12
WWF
14
Starts
DE
Ends
ATE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DEGENERATE” Mean?
degenerate has 3 documented senses across adjective, noun, verb.
Adjective
1 senseunrestrained by convention or morality
“Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society”
“deplorably dissipated and degraded”
“riotous living”
“fast women”
Noun
1 senseVerb
1 sensegrow progressively worse
“Her condition deteriorated”
“Conditions in the slums degenerated”
“The discussion devolved into a shouting match”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
10
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
unrestrained by convention or morality
Length
10 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
E
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Letters
D, E, G, E, N, E, R, A, T, 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
★★★★☆DEGENERATE has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DEGENERATE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DEGENERATE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DEGENERATE 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
3
Highest Value Letter
D
Letter Pattern
ABCBDBEFGB
CV Pattern
CVCVCVCVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
DE, EG, GE, EN, NE, ER, RA, AT, TE
Trigrams
DEG, EGE, GEN, ENE, NER, ERA, RAT, ATE
Crossword Intelligence
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