demurrage
Demurrage can refer to detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure or a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure.
Length
9
Scrabble
13
WWF
16
Starts
DE
Ends
AGE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DEMURRAGE” Mean?
demurrage has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesa charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
Length
9 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
D, E, M, U, R, R, A, G, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆DEMURRAGE has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DEMURRAGE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DEMURRAGE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆DEMURRAGE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABCDEEFGB
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
DE, EM, MU, UR, RR, RA, AG, GE
Trigrams
DEM, EMU, MUR, URR, RRA, RAG, AGE
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