ostentation
Ostentation can refer to lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity, pretentious or showy or vulgar display, or a gaudy outward display.
Length
11
Scrabble
11
WWF
13
Starts
OS
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “OSTENTATION” Mean?
/ˌɒstənˈteɪʃən/
ostentation has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 senseslack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
pretentious or showy or vulgar display
Synonyms for OSTENTATION
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
11
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
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Definition
a gaudy outward display
Length
11 letters
Starts With
O
Ends With
N
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Letters
O, S, T, E, N, T, A, T, I, O, N
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆OSTENTATION has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆OSTENTATION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆OSTENTATION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆OSTENTATION 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
O
Letter Pattern
ABCDECFCGAE
CV Pattern
VCCVCCVCVVC
Vowel Share
45%
Consonant Share
55%
Bigrams
OS, ST, TE, EN, NT, TA, AT, TI, IO, ON
Trigrams
OST, STE, TEN, ENT, NTA, TAT, ATI, TIO, ION
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