patient
Patient can refer to a person who requires medical care or the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause. Patient is also used as adjective, with meanings including enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance.
Length
7
Scrabble
9
WWF
11
Starts
PA
Ends
ENT
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “PATIENT” Mean?
/ˈpeɪʃənt/
patient has 3 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
1 senseenduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance
“a patient smile”
“was patient with the children”
“an exact and patient scientist”
“please be patient”
Noun
2 sensesa person who requires medical care
“the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly”
the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
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Definition
enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance
Length
7 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
T
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
P, A, T, I, E, N, T
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆PATIENT has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PATIENT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PATIENT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PATIENT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFC
CV Pattern
CVCVVCC
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
PA, AT, TI, IE, EN, NT
Trigrams
PAT, ATI, TIE, IEN, ENT
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