incubation
Incubation can refer to maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development, sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body, or (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear.
Length
10
Scrabble
14
WWF
19
Starts
IN
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “INCUBATION” Mean?
/ɪnkjuːˈbeɪʃən/
incubation has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesmaintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
(pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear
sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
Synonyms
Synonyms for INCUBATION
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
10
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
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Definition
maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
Length
10 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
N
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Letters
I, N, C, U, B, A, T, I, O, N
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★INCUBATION has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆INCUBATION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆INCUBATION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGAHB
CV Pattern
VCCVCVCVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
IN, NC, CU, UB, BA, AT, TI, IO, ON
Trigrams
INC, NCU, CUB, UBA, BAT, ATI, TIO, ION
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