descent
Descent can refer to the act of changing your location in a downward direction, properties attributable to your ancestry, or the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors.
Length
7
Scrabble
10
WWF
12
Starts
DE
Ends
ENT
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “DESCENT” Mean?
/dɪˈsɛnt/
descent has 6 documented senses across noun.
Noun
6 sensesthe act of changing your location in a downward direction
a downward slope or bend
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
7
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
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Definition
a movement downward
Length
7 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
T
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Letters
D, E, S, C, E, N, T
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆DESCENT has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DESCENT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DESCENT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆DESCENT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDBEF
CV Pattern
CVCCVCC
Vowel Share
29%
Consonant Share
71%
Bigrams
DE, ES, SC, CE, EN, NT
Trigrams
DES, ESC, SCE, CEN, ENT
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