maintenance
Maintenance can refer to activity involved in maintaining something in good working order, means of maintenance of a family or group, or the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence.
Length
11
Scrabble
15
WWF
20
Starts
MA
Ends
NCE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “MAINTENANCE” Mean?
/ˈmeɪnt(ə)nəns/
maintenance has 5 documented senses across noun.
Noun
5 sensesmeans of maintenance of a family or group
court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
Synonyms
the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
“they were in want of sustenance”
“fishing was their main sustainment”
the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community
“unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit”
Synonyms for MAINTENANCE
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
11
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
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Definition
activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
Length
11 letters
Starts With
M
Ends With
E
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Letters
M, A, I, N, T, E, N, A, N, C, E
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★MAINTENANCE has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆MAINTENANCE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆MAINTENANCE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆MAINTENANCE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
4
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFDBDGF
CV Pattern
CVVCCVCVCCV
Vowel Share
45%
Consonant Share
55%
Bigrams
MA, AI, IN, NT, TE, EN, NA, AN, NC, CE
Trigrams
MAI, AIN, INT, NTE, TEN, ENA, NAN, ANC, NCE
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