imperative
Imperative can refer to a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior, a verb in the imperative mood, or some duty that is essential and urgent. Imperative is also used as adjective, with meanings including requiring attention or action.
Length
10
Scrabble
17
WWF
20
Starts
IM
Ends
IVE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “IMPERATIVE” Mean?
/ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/
imperative has 5 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
2 sensesrequiring attention or action
“as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative”
“requests that grew more and more imperative”
relating to verbs in the imperative mood
Noun
3 sensesa mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
some duty that is essential and urgent
a verb in the imperative mood.
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
10
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
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Definition
requiring attention or action
Length
10 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
E
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Letters
I, M, P, E, R, A, T, I, V, E
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
★★★★★IMPERATIVE has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆IMPERATIVE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆IMPERATIVE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆IMPERATIVE 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
V
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGAHD
CV Pattern
VCCVCVCVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
IM, MP, PE, ER, RA, AT, TI, IV, VE
Trigrams
IMP, MPE, PER, ERA, RAT, ATI, TIV, IVE
Crossword Intelligence
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