keep
Keep can refer to the financial means whereby one lives, the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress, or a cell in a jail or prison. As a verb, keep can mean to cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity, continue a certain state, condition, or activity, or stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state.
Length
4
Scrabble
10
WWF
11
Starts
KE
Ends
EEP
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “KEEP” Mean?
/kiːp/
keep has 25 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
3 sensesthe financial means whereby one lives
“each child was expected to pay for their keep”
“he applied to the state for support”
“he could no longer earn his own livelihood”
a cell in a jail or prison
Synonyms
Verb
22 sensesretain possession of
“Can I keep my old stuffed animals?”
“She kept her maiden name after she married”
“They keep the money”
stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
“We must prevent the cancer from spreading”
“His snoring kept me from falling asleep”
“Keep the child from eating the marbles”
“They keep him from writing the letter”
Synonyms
conform one's action or practice to
“keep appointments”
“she never keeps her promises”
“We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
Synonyms
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look after; be the keeper of; have charge of
“He keeps the shop when I am gone”
supply with room and board
“He is keeping three women in the guest cottage”
“keep boarders”
“Sam cannot keep Sue”
fail to spoil or rot
“These potatoes keep for a long time”
“This food does keep well”
to rear
“She keeps a few chickens in the yard”
“he keeps bees”
retain rights to
“keep my job for me while I give birth”
“keep my seat, please”
“keep open the possibility of a merger”
Synonyms
store or keep customarily
“Where do you keep your gardening tools?”
have as a supply
“I always keep batteries in the freezer”
“keep food for a week in the pantry”
“She keeps a sixpack and a week's worth of supplies in the refrigerator”
maintain for use and service
“I keep a car in the countryside”
“She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips”
Synonyms
hold and prevent from leaving
“The student was kept after school”
prevent the action or expression of
“hold back your anger”
“keep your cool”
“she struggled to restrain her impatience at the delays”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
Word Intelligence
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Definition
the financial means whereby one lives
Length
4 letters
Starts With
K
Ends With
P
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
Letters
K, E, E, P
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
★★★★☆KEEP has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆KEEP is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆KEEP can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 4-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆KEEP contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
3
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABBC
CV Pattern
CVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
KE, EE, EP
Trigrams
KEE, EEP
Crossword Intelligence
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