independent
Independent can refer to a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) or a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them. Independent is also used as adjective, with meanings including free from external control and constraint.
Length
11
Scrabble
15
WWF
19
Starts
IN
Ends
ENT
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “INDEPENDENT” Mean?
/ɪndɪˈpɛndənt/
independent has 6 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
4 sensesfree from external control and constraint
“an independent mind”
“a series of independent judgments”
“fiercely independent individualism”
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
“an autonomous judiciary”
“a sovereign state”
Synonyms
(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
“the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb”
Synonyms
not controlled by a party or interest group
Noun
2 sensesa neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
Synonyms
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
Synonyms
Synonyms for INDEPENDENT
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
11
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
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Definition
free from external control and constraint
Length
11 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
T
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Letters
I, N, D, E, P, E, N, D, E, N, T
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★INDEPENDENT has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆INDEPENDENT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆INDEPENDENT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆INDEPENDENT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
5
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDEDBCDBF
CV Pattern
VCCVCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
36%
Consonant Share
64%
Bigrams
IN, ND, DE, EP, PE, EN, ND, DE, EN, NT
Trigrams
IND, NDE, DEP, EPE, PEN, END, NDE, DEN, ENT
Crossword Intelligence
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