hesitation
Hesitation can refer to a certain degree of unwillingness, indecision in speech or action, or the act of pausing uncertainly.
Length
10
Scrabble
13
WWF
13
Starts
HE
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “HESITATION” Mean?
/hɛzɪˈteɪʃən/
hesitation has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesindecision in speech or action
Synonyms
a certain degree of unwillingness
“a reluctance to commit himself”
“his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition”
“after some hesitation he agreed”
Synonyms for HESITATION
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
10
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
indecision in speech or action
Length
10 letters
Starts With
H
Ends With
N
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Letters
H, E, S, I, T, A, T, I, O, N
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆HESITATION has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆HESITATION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆HESITATION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆HESITATION contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFEDGH
CV Pattern
CVCVCVCVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
HE, ES, SI, IT, TA, AT, TI, IO, ON
Trigrams
HES, ESI, SIT, ITA, TAT, ATI, TIO, ION
Crossword Intelligence
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