offensive
Offensive can refer to the action of attacking an enemy. Offensive is also used as adjective, with meanings including violating or tending to violate or offend against.
Length
9
Scrabble
18
WWF
20
Starts
OF
Ends
IVE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “OFFENSIVE” Mean?
/əˈfɛnsɪv/
offensive has 7 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
6 sensesviolating or tending to violate or offend against
“violative of the principles of liberty”
“considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity”
Synonyms
for the purpose of attack rather than defense
“offensive weapons”
causing anger or annoyance
“offensive remarks”
unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
“offensive odors”
Noun
1 senseScrabble Score
18
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
violating or tending to violate or offend against
Length
9 letters
Starts With
O
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
O, F, F, E, N, S, I, V, E
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★OFFENSIVE has a Scrabble score of 18. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆OFFENSIVE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆OFFENSIVE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆OFFENSIVE 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
2
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABBCDEFGC
CV Pattern
VCCVCCVCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
OF, FF, FE, EN, NS, SI, IV, VE
Trigrams
OFF, FFE, FEN, ENS, NSI, SIV, IVE
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