eliminate
Eliminate commonly means to terminate, end, or take out, dismiss from consideration or a contest, or get rid of something.
Length
9
Scrabble
11
WWF
14
Starts
EL
Ends
ATE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ELIMINATE” Mean?
/ɪˈlɪməneɪt/
eliminate has 7 documented senses across verb.
Verb
7 sensesterminate, end, or take out
“Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics”
“Socialism extinguished these archaic customs”
“eliminate my debts”
Synonyms
get rid of something
Synonyms
kill in large numbers
“the plague wiped out an entire population”
“They want to eliminate the prisoners”
dismiss from consideration or a contest
“John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi”
“This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration”
Synonyms
remove from a contest or race
“The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race”
Show 1 more verb definition
remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
Synonyms for ELIMINATE
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
9
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
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Definition
terminate, end, or take out
Length
9 letters
Starts With
E
Ends With
E
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
Letters
E, L, I, M, I, N, A, T, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆ELIMINATE has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ELIMINATE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ELIMINATE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ELIMINATE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABCDCEFGA
CV Pattern
VCVCVCVCV
Vowel Share
56%
Consonant Share
44%
Bigrams
EL, LI, IM, MI, IN, NA, AT, TE
Trigrams
ELI, LIM, IMI, MIN, INA, NAT, ATE
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