litotes
Litotes can refer to understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).
Length
7
Scrabble
7
WWF
8
Starts
LI
Ends
TES
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “LITOTES” Mean?
/laɪˈtəʊ.tiːz/
litotes has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 senseunderstatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
“saying ‘I was not a little upset’ when you mean ‘I was very upset’ is an example of litotes”
Synonyms
Synonyms for LITOTES
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
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Definition
understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
Length
7 letters
Starts With
L
Ends With
S
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
L, I, T, O, T, E, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆LITOTES has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆LITOTES is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆LITOTES can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆LITOTES 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
L
Letter Pattern
ABCDCEF
CV Pattern
CVCVCVC
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
LI, IT, TO, OT, TE, ES
Trigrams
LIT, ITO, TOT, OTE, TES
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