detestable
Detestable is also used as adjective, with meanings including offensive to the mind.
Length
10
Scrabble
13
WWF
15
Starts
DE
Ends
BLE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DETESTABLE” Mean?
/dɪˈtɛstəbl̩/
detestable has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensesunequivocally detestable
“abominable treatment of prisoners”
“detestable vices”
“execrable crimes”
“{'source': 'Edmund Burke', 'text': 'consequences odious to those you govern'}”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
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Definition
offensive to the mind
Length
10 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
D, E, T, E, S, T, A, B, L, E
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆DETESTABLE has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DETESTABLE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DETESTABLE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DETESTABLE 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
3
Highest Value Letter
B
Letter Pattern
ABCBDCEFGB
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
DE, ET, TE, ES, ST, TA, AB, BL, LE
Trigrams
DET, ETE, TES, EST, STA, TAB, ABL, BLE
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