discourage
Discourage commonly means to try to prevent; show opposition to, advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior, or deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged.
Length
10
Scrabble
14
WWF
17
Starts
DI
Ends
AGE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DISCOURAGE” Mean?
/dɪsˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒ/
discourage has 3 documented senses across verb.
Verb
3 sensestry to prevent; show opposition to
“We should discourage this practice among our youth”
“They discourage him from writing the letter”
Synonyms
deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
“The bad news will discourage him”
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
10
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
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Definition
try to prevent; show opposition to
Length
10 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
E
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Letters
D, I, S, C, O, U, R, A, G, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★DISCOURAGE has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DISCOURAGE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DISCOURAGE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆DISCOURAGE uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
10
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHIJ
CV Pattern
CVCCVVCVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
DI, IS, SC, CO, OU, UR, RA, AG, GE
Trigrams
DIS, ISC, SCO, COU, OUR, URA, RAG, AGE
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