fondness
Fondness can refer to a predisposition to like something, a positive feeling of liking, or a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love.
Length
8
Scrabble
12
WWF
14
Starts
FO
Ends
ESS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “FONDNESS” Mean?
/ˈfɑndnəs/
fondness has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesa predisposition to like something
“he had a fondness for whiskey”
“she had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less”
Synonyms
a positive feeling of liking
“he had trouble expressing the affection he felt”
“the child won everyone's heart”
“the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home”
a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
8
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a predisposition to like something
Length
8 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
S
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Letters
F, O, N, D, N, E, S, S
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆FONDNESS has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆FONDNESS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆FONDNESS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆FONDNESS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDCEFF
CV Pattern
CVCCCVCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
FO, ON, ND, DN, NE, ES, SS
Trigrams
FON, OND, NDN, DNE, NES, ESS
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