penchant
Penchant can refer to a strong liking.
Length
8
Scrabble
15
WWF
18
Starts
PE
Ends
ANT
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PENCHANT” Mean?
/ˈpɒnʃɒn/
penchant has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensea strong liking
“my own preference is for good literature”
“the Irish have a penchant for blarney”
Synonyms
Synonyms for PENCHANT
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
8
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a strong liking
Length
8 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
T
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Letters
P, E, N, C, H, A, N, T
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PENCHANT has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PENCHANT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PENCHANT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PENCHANT 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
1
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFCG
CV Pattern
CVCCCVCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
PE, EN, NC, CH, HA, AN, NT
Trigrams
PEN, ENC, NCH, CHA, HAN, ANT
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