investigation
Investigation can refer to an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities or the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically.
Length
13
Scrabble
17
WWF
21
Starts
IN
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “INVESTIGATION” Mean?
/ɪnˌvɛstəˈɡeɪʃən/
investigation has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesan inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
“there was a congressional probe into the scandal”
Synonyms
the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
Synonyms
Synonyms for INVESTIGATION
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
13
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Word Intelligence
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Definition
an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
Length
13 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
N
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Letters
I, N, V, E, S, T, I, G, 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
★★★★★INVESTIGATION has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆INVESTIGATION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆INVESTIGATION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 13-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆INVESTIGATION contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
4
Highest Value Letter
V
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFAGHFAIB
CV Pattern
VCCVCCVCVCVVC
Vowel Share
46%
Consonant Share
54%
Bigrams
IN, NV, VE, ES, ST, TI, IG, GA, AT, TI, IO, ON
Trigrams
INV, NVE, VES, EST, STI, TIG, IGA, GAT, ATI, TIO, ION
Crossword Intelligence
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