maintain
Maintain commonly means to cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity, keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction, or supply with necessities and support.
Length
8
Scrabble
10
WWF
13
Starts
MA
Ends
AIN
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “MAINTAIN” Mean?
/meɪnˈteɪn/
maintain has 10 documented senses across verb.
Verb
10 sensesmaintain for use and service
“I keep a car in the countryside”
“She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips”
Synonyms
Show 4 more verb definitions
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
8
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Word Intelligence
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Definition
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
Length
8 letters
Starts With
M
Ends With
N
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Letters
M, A, I, N, T, A, I, N
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Word Facts
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆MAINTAIN has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆MAINTAIN is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆MAINTAIN can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆MAINTAIN contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABCDEBCD
CV Pattern
CVVCCVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
MA, AI, IN, NT, TA, AI, IN
Trigrams
MAI, AIN, INT, NTA, TAI, AIN
Crossword Intelligence
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