denigrate
Denigrate commonly means to cause to seem less serious; play down or charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.
Length
9
Scrabble
11
WWF
13
Starts
DE
Ends
ATE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DENIGRATE” Mean?
/ˈdɛn.ɪ.ɡɹeɪt/
denigrate has 2 documented senses across verb.
Verb
2 sensesScrabble Score
11
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
cause to seem less serious; play down
Length
9 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
D, E, N, I, G, R, A, T, E
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆DENIGRATE has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DENIGRATE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DENIGRATE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DENIGRATE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
D
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHB
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
DE, EN, NI, IG, GR, RA, AT, TE
Trigrams
DEN, ENI, NIG, IGR, GRA, RAT, ATE
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