depress
Depress commonly means to lower someone's spirits; make downhearted, lower (prices or markets), or lessen the activity or force of.
Length
7
Scrabble
10
WWF
11
Starts
DE
Ends
ESS
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “DEPRESS” Mean?
/dɪˈpɹɛs/
depress has 5 documented senses across verb.
Verb
5 senseslower someone's spirits; make downhearted
“These news depressed her”
“The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her”
“The bad news will depress him”
lower (prices or markets)
“The glut of oil depressed gas prices”
press down
“Depress the space key”
lessen the activity or force of
“The rising inflation depressed the economy”
Synonyms for DEPRESS
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
7
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
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Definition
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
Length
7 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
S
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Letters
D, E, P, R, E, S, S
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆DEPRESS has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DEPRESS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DEPRESS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DEPRESS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDBEE
CV Pattern
CVCCVCC
Vowel Share
29%
Consonant Share
71%
Bigrams
DE, EP, PR, RE, ES, SS
Trigrams
DEP, EPR, PRE, RES, ESS
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