hesitancy
Hesitancy can refer to a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something or a certain degree of unwillingness.
Length
9
Scrabble
17
WWF
17
Starts
HE
Ends
NCY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “HESITANCY” Mean?
hesitancy has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesa feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
Synonyms
a certain degree of unwillingness
“a reluctance to commit himself”
“his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition”
“after some hesitation he agreed”
Synonyms for HESITANCY
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
Length
9 letters
Starts With
H
Ends With
Y
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
H, E, S, I, T, A, N, C, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★HESITANCY has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆HESITANCY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆HESITANCY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
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★★★★☆HESITANCY uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHI
CV Pattern
CVCVCVCCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
HE, ES, SI, IT, TA, AN, NC, CY
Trigrams
HES, ESI, SIT, ITA, TAN, ANC, NCY
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