free
Free commonly means to grant freedom to; free from confinement, remove or force out from a position, or grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to. As a noun, free can refer to people who are free.
Length
4
Scrabble
7
WWF
7
Starts
FR
Ends
REE
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “FREE” Mean?
/fɹiː/
free has 22 documented senses across adjective, noun, adverb, verb.
Adjective
9 sensesnot limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
“free enterprise”
“a free port”
“a free country”
“I have an hour free”
unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
“free expansion”
“free oxygen”
“a free electron”
not occupied or in use
“a free locker”
“a free lane”
not fixed in position
“the detached shutter fell on him”
“he pulled his arm free and ran”
Synonyms
not held in servitude
“after the Civil War he was a free man”
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not taken up by scheduled activities
“a free hour between classes”
“spare time on my hands”
Synonyms
Noun
1 sensepeople who are free
“the home of the free and the brave”
Adverb
1 senseVerb
11 sensesremove or force out from a position
“The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums”
“He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble”
Synonyms
make (information) available for publication
“release the list with the names of the prisoners”
Synonyms
free from obligations or duties
Synonyms
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part with a possession or right
“I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest”
“resign a claim to the throne”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
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Definition
not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
Length
4 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
E
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
Letters
F, R, E, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆FREE has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆FREE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆FREE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 4-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆FREE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
3
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCC
CV Pattern
CCVV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
FR, RE, EE
Trigrams
FRE, REE
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