discouragement
Discouragement can refer to the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles, the expression of opposition and disapproval, or the act of discouraging.
Length
14
Scrabble
20
WWF
25
Starts
DI
Ends
ENT
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DISCOURAGEMENT” Mean?
discouragement has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesthe feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
Synonyms
the expression of opposition and disapproval
the act of discouraging
“the discouragement of petty theft”
Synonyms for DISCOURAGEMENT
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
14
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
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Definition
the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
Length
14 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
T
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Letters
D, I, S, C, O, U, R, A, G, E, M, E, N, T
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★DISCOURAGEMENT has a Scrabble score of 20. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DISCOURAGEMENT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DISCOURAGEMENT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 14-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DISCOURAGEMENT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
13
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHIJKJLM
CV Pattern
CVCCVVCVCVCVCC
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
DI, IS, SC, CO, OU, UR, RA, AG, GE, EM, ME, EN, NT
Trigrams
DIS, ISC, SCO, COU, OUR, URA, RAG, AGE, GEM, EME, MEN, ENT
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