lose
Lose commonly means to fail to keep or maintain (of a state), suffer the loss of a person through death or removal, or allow to go out of sight or mind.
Length
4
Scrabble
4
WWF
5
Starts
LO
Ends
OSE
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “LOSE” Mean?
/luːz/
lose has 10 documented senses across verb.
Verb
10 sensesfail to keep or maintain (of a state)
“{'source': 'CoCA', 'text': 'I sprang from the ground and quickly lost balance'}”
“They lose the money”
fail to win
“We lost the battle but we won the war”
suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
“She lost her husband in the war”
“The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her”
miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
“I've lost my glasses again!”
allow to go out of sight or mind
“The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light”
“lose the crowds by climbing a mountain”
“the lost tribe”
fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
“I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!”
“The company turned a loss after the first year”
“They lose the money”
Show 4 more verb definitions
fail to get or obtain
“I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
“I missed that remark”
“She missed his point”
“We lost part of what he said”
Synonyms
withdraw, as from reality
“he lost himself in his music”
be set at a disadvantage
“This author really suffers in translation”
“The painting loses something in this light”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
4
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
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Definition
fail to keep or maintain (of a state)
Length
4 letters
Starts With
L
Ends With
E
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
Letters
L, O, S, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★☆☆☆LOSE has a Scrabble score of 4. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆LOSE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆LOSE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 4-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆LOSE uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
L
Letter Pattern
ABCD
CV Pattern
CVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
LO, OS, SE
Trigrams
LOS, OSE
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