detest
Detest commonly means to dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards.
Length
6
Scrabble
7
WWF
7
Starts
DE
Ends
EST
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “DETEST” Mean?
/dɪˈtɛst/
detest has 1 documented sense across verb.
Verb
1 sensedislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
“I hate Mexican food”
“She detests politicians”
“Sam and Sue detest the movie”
“Sam cannot detest Sue”
Synonyms
Synonyms for DETEST
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
Length
6 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
T
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
D, E, T, E, S, T
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆DETEST has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DETEST is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆DETEST can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DETEST contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
D
Letter Pattern
ABCBDC
CV Pattern
CVCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
DE, ET, TE, ES, ST
Trigrams
DET, ETE, TES, EST
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