encourage
Encourage commonly means to contribute to the progress or growth of, inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to, or spur on.
Length
9
Scrabble
12
WWF
16
Starts
EN
Ends
AGE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ENCOURAGE” Mean?
/ɪnˈkʌɹɪdʒ/
encourage has 3 documented senses across verb.
Verb
3 sensesinspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
“The good news will encourage her”
spur on
“His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife”
“They encourage him to write the letter”
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
9
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
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Definition
contribute to the progress or growth of
Length
9 letters
Starts With
E
Ends With
E
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
Letters
E, N, C, O, U, R, A, G, E
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆ENCOURAGE has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ENCOURAGE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ENCOURAGE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ENCOURAGE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHA
CV Pattern
VCCVVCVCV
Vowel Share
56%
Consonant Share
44%
Bigrams
EN, NC, CO, OU, UR, RA, AG, GE
Trigrams
ENC, NCO, COU, OUR, URA, RAG, AGE
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