ordinance
Ordinance can refer to a statute enacted by a city government, an authoritative command, or the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders.
Length
9
Scrabble
12
WWF
15
Starts
OR
Ends
NCE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ORDINANCE” Mean?
/ˈɔːd(ɪ)nəns/
ordinance has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesan authoritative command
Synonyms
a statute enacted by a city government
the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
“the rabbi's family was present for his ordination”
Synonyms
Synonyms for ORDINANCE
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
an authoritative command
Length
9 letters
Starts With
O
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
O, R, D, I, N, A, N, C, E
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆ORDINANCE has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ORDINANCE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ORDINANCE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆ORDINANCE 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
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFEGH
CV Pattern
VCCVCVCCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
OR, RD, DI, IN, NA, AN, NC, CE
Trigrams
ORD, RDI, DIN, INA, NAN, ANC, NCE
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