determine
Determine commonly means to establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study, fix conclusively or authoritatively, or shape or influence; give direction to.
Length
9
Scrabble
12
WWF
14
Starts
DE
Ends
INE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DETERMINE” Mean?
/dɪˈtɜːmɪn/
determine has 8 documented senses across verb.
Verb
8 sensesreach, make, or come to a decision about something
“We finally decided after lengthy deliberations”
“They determine to move”
Synonyms
fix in scope; fix the boundaries of
“the tree determines the border of the property”
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Scrabble Score
12
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
Length
9 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
D, E, T, E, R, M, I, N, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆DETERMINE has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DETERMINE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DETERMINE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DETERMINE 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
2
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABCBDEFGB
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
DE, ET, TE, ER, RM, MI, IN, NE
Trigrams
DET, ETE, TER, ERM, RMI, MIN, INE
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