filibuster
Filibuster can refer to a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that they oppose or (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches. As a verb, filibuster can mean to obstruct deliberately by delaying.
Length
10
Scrabble
15
WWF
18
Starts
FI
Ends
TER
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “FILIBUSTER” Mean?
/ˈfɪlɪbʌstə(ɹ)/
filibuster has 3 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensesa legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that they oppose
Synonyms
(law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
Verb
1 senseobstruct deliberately by delaying
Synonyms for FILIBUSTER
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
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Definition
a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that they oppose
Length
10 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
R
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
F, I, L, I, B, U, S, T, E, R
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★FILIBUSTER has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆FILIBUSTER is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆FILIBUSTER can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCBDEFGHI
CV Pattern
CVCVCVCCVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
FI, IL, LI, IB, BU, US, ST, TE, ER
Trigrams
FIL, ILI, LIB, IBU, BUS, UST, STE, TER
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