license
License can refer to a legal document giving official permission to do something, freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech), or the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization. As a verb, license can mean to authorize officially.
Length
7
Scrabble
9
WWF
12
Starts
LI
Ends
NSE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “LICENSE” Mean?
/ˈlaɪsəns/
license has 5 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
4 sensesfreedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
Synonyms
excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
“{'source': 'Will Durant', 'text': 'when liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near'}”
“{'source': 'Edmund Burke', 'text': 'the intolerable license with which the newspapers break … the rules of decorum'}”
Synonyms
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Synonyms
Verb
1 senseSynonyms for LICENSE
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
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Definition
a legal document giving official permission to do something
Length
7 letters
Starts With
L
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
L, I, C, E, N, S, E
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆LICENSE has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆LICENSE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆LICENSE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆LICENSE 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
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFD
CV Pattern
CVCVCCV
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
LI, IC, CE, EN, NS, SE
Trigrams
LIC, ICE, CEN, ENS, NSE
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