dissolve
Dissolve commonly means to cause to go into a solution, grow less and less substantial until it disappears, or cause to lose control emotionally. As a noun, dissolve can refer to (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out.
Length
8
Scrabble
12
WWF
14
Starts
DI
Ends
LVE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DISSOLVE” Mean?
/dɪˈzɒlv/
dissolve has 12 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
1 sense(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
Verb
11 sensesgrow less and less substantial until it disappears
“The sound faded out”
cause to go into a solution
“The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water”
Synonyms
come to an end (of a state)
“Their marriage dissolved”
“The tobacco monopoly broke up”
stop functioning or cohering as a unit
“The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting”
Synonyms
cause to lose control emotionally
“The news dissolved her into tears”
lose control emotionally
“She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme”
Show 5 more verb definitions
cause to fade away
“dissolve a shot or a picture”
pass into a solution
“The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee”
bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
“The decree officially dissolved the marriage”
“the judge dissolved the tobacco company”
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
Length
8 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
D, I, S, S, O, L, V, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆DISSOLVE has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DISSOLVE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DISSOLVE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DISSOLVE 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
1
Highest Value Letter
V
Letter Pattern
ABCCDEFG
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCV
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
DI, IS, SS, SO, OL, LV, VE
Trigrams
DIS, ISS, SSO, SOL, OLV, LVE
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