hesitant
Hesitant is also used as adjective, with meanings including lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly.
Length
8
Scrabble
11
WWF
11
Starts
HE
Ends
ANT
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “HESITANT” Mean?
/ˈhɛzɪtənt/
hesitant has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senselacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly
Synonyms
Synonyms for HESITANT
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly
Length
8 letters
Starts With
H
Ends With
T
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
H, E, S, I, T, A, N, T
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆HESITANT has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆HESITANT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆HESITANT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆HESITANT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGE
CV Pattern
CVCVCVCC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
HE, ES, SI, IT, TA, AN, NT
Trigrams
HES, ESI, SIT, ITA, TAN, ANT
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