dense
Dense is also used as adjective, with meanings including permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter.
Length
5
Scrabble
6
WWF
7
Starts
DE
Ends
NSE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “DENSE” Mean?
/dɛns/
dense has 5 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
5 sensespermitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
“dense smoke”
“heavy fog”
“impenetrable gloom”
Synonyms
having high relative density or specific gravity
“dense as lead”
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
“so dense he never understands anything I say to him”
“never met anyone quite so dim”
“{'source': 'Thackeray', 'text': 'although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick'}”
“dumb officials make some really dumb decisions”
having component parts closely crowded together
“a compact shopping center”
“a dense population”
“thick crowds”
“a thick forest”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
Length
5 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
E
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
D, E, N, S, E
Use Case
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★☆☆☆DENSE has a Scrabble score of 6. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆DENSE is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆DENSE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DENSE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
D
Letter Pattern
ABCDB
CV Pattern
CVCCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
DE, EN, NS, SE
Trigrams
DEN, ENS, NSE
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