extension
Extension can refer to a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt, act of expanding in scope; making more widely available, or the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions.
Length
9
Scrabble
16
WWF
18
Starts
EX
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “EXTENSION” Mean?
/ɪkˈstɛnʃən/
extension has 12 documented senses across noun.
Noun
12 sensesa mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
“they applied for an extension of the loan”
act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
“extension of the program to all in need”
the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
Synonyms
an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
“most applications provide extensions for the files they create”
“most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS”
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the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
“the extension of ‘satellite of Mars’ is the set containing only Demos and Phobos”
Synonyms
the ability to raise the working leg high in the air
“the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension”
“good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability”
amount or degree or range to which something extends
“the wire has an extension of 50 feet”
Synonyms
an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
an addition to the length of something
Synonyms
Synonyms for EXTENSION
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
Length
9 letters
Starts With
E
Ends With
N
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
E, X, T, E, N, S, I, O, N
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
Strategy notes for using extension in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.
Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★EXTENSION can be valuable in Scrabble because it includes a high-impact letter. Look for premium squares and parallel plays.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆EXTENSION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆EXTENSION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆EXTENSION 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
X
Letter Pattern
ABCADEFGD
CV Pattern
VCCVCCVVC
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
EX, XT, TE, EN, NS, SI, IO, ON
Trigrams
EXT, XTE, TEN, ENS, NSI, SIO, ION
Crossword Intelligence
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