maternity
Maternity can refer to the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother, the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus, or the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother.
Length
9
Scrabble
14
WWF
15
Starts
MA
Ends
ITY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “MATERNITY” Mean?
/məˈtɜː(ɹ)nɪti/
maternity has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesthe kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
Synonyms
the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
“the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children”
Synonyms
Synonyms for MATERNITY
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
Length
9 letters
Starts With
M
Ends With
Y
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
M, A, T, E, R, N, I, T, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★MATERNITY has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆MATERNITY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆MATERNITY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆MATERNITY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGCH
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
MA, AT, TE, ER, RN, NI, IT, TY
Trigrams
MAT, ATE, TER, ERN, RNI, NIT, ITY
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