intumescency
Intumescency can refer to the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) or swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion).
Length
12
Scrabble
21
WWF
26
Starts
IN
Ends
NCY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “INTUMESCENCY” Mean?
intumescency has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesswelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)
Synonyms
the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
Synonyms
Synonyms for INTUMESCENCY
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
12
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
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Definition
swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)
Length
12 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
Y
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Letters
I, N, T, U, M, E, S, C, E, N, C, Y
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★INTUMESCENCY has a Scrabble score of 21. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆INTUMESCENCY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆INTUMESCENCY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆INTUMESCENCY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHFBHI
CV Pattern
VCCVCVCCVCCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
IN, NT, TU, UM, ME, ES, SC, CE, EN, NC, CY
Trigrams
INT, NTU, TUM, UME, MES, ESC, SCE, CEN, ENC, NCY
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