expense
Expense can refer to amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures), money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer, or a detriment or sacrifice. As a verb, expense can mean to reduce the estimated value of something.
Length
7
Scrabble
16
WWF
18
Starts
EX
Ends
NSE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “EXPENSE” Mean?
/ɪkˈspɛns/
expense has 4 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
3 sensesamounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
Synonyms
a detriment or sacrifice
“at the expense of”
money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer
“he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting”
Verb
1 sensereduce the estimated value of something
“For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer”
Synonyms for EXPENSE
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
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Definition
amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
Length
7 letters
Starts With
E
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
E, X, P, E, N, S, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★EXPENSE can be valuable in Scrabble because it includes a high-impact letter. Look for premium squares and parallel plays.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆EXPENSE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆EXPENSE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆EXPENSE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
X
Letter Pattern
ABCADEA
CV Pattern
VCCVCCV
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
EX, XP, PE, EN, NS, SE
Trigrams
EXP, XPE, PEN, ENS, NSE
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