progressive
Progressive can refer to a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going or a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties. Progressive is also used as adjective, with meanings including favoring or promoting progress.
Length
11
Scrabble
17
WWF
20
Starts
PR
Ends
IVE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PROGRESSIVE” Mean?
/pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/
progressive has 8 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
6 sensesfavoring or promoting progress
“progressive schools”
favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
Synonyms
(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
gradually advancing in extent
(of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
“progressive euchre”
“progressive tournaments”
advancing in severity
“progressive paralysis”
Noun
2 sensesa tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
Synonyms
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
Synonyms
Synonyms for PROGRESSIVE
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
11
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
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Definition
favoring or promoting progress
Length
11 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Letters
P, R, O, G, R, E, S, S, I, V, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PROGRESSIVE has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PROGRESSIVE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PROGRESSIVE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PROGRESSIVE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
V
Letter Pattern
ABCDBEFFGHE
CV Pattern
CCVCCVCCVCV
Vowel Share
36%
Consonant Share
64%
Bigrams
PR, RO, OG, GR, RE, ES, SS, SI, IV, VE
Trigrams
PRO, ROG, OGR, GRE, RES, ESS, SSI, SIV, IVE
Crossword Intelligence
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