despondence
Despondence can refer to feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless.
Length
11
Scrabble
17
WWF
21
Starts
DE
Ends
NCE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DESPONDENCE” Mean?
/dɪˈspɒndəns/
despondence has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensefeeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
Synonyms for DESPONDENCE
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
11
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
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Definition
feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
Length
11 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Letters
D, E, S, P, O, N, D, E, N, C, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★DESPONDENCE has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DESPONDENCE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DESPONDENCE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DESPONDENCE 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
4
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFABFGB
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCVCCV
Vowel Share
36%
Consonant Share
64%
Bigrams
DE, ES, SP, PO, ON, ND, DE, EN, NC, CE
Trigrams
DES, ESP, SPO, PON, OND, NDE, DEN, ENC, NCE
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