irritate
Irritate commonly means to cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations, excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame, or excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus.
Length
8
Scrabble
8
WWF
8
Starts
IR
Ends
ATE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “IRRITATE” Mean?
/ˈɪɹɪteɪt/
irritate has 3 documented senses across verb.
Verb
3 sensescause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
“Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me”
“It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves”
“The bad news will irritate him”
“The performance is likely to irritate Sue”
excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame
“Aspirin irritates my stomach”
excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
“irritate the glands of a leaf”
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
8
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
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Definition
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Length
8 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Letters
I, R, R, I, T, A, T, E
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆IRRITATE has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆IRRITATE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆IRRITATE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆IRRITATE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
I
Letter Pattern
ABBACDCE
CV Pattern
VCCVCVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
IR, RR, RI, IT, TA, AT, TE
Trigrams
IRR, RRI, RIT, ITA, TAT, ATE
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