provocation
Provocation can refer to unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment, something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action, or needed encouragement.
Length
11
Scrabble
18
WWF
22
Starts
PR
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PROVOCATION” Mean?
/ˌpɹɑvəˈkeɪʃən/
provocation has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesunfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
Synonyms
something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
Synonyms
Synonyms for PROVOCATION
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
11
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Word Intelligence
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Definition
unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
Length
11 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
N
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Letters
P, R, O, V, O, C, A, T, I, O, N
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PROVOCATION has a Scrabble score of 18. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PROVOCATION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PROVOCATION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PROVOCATION contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
V
Letter Pattern
ABCDCEFGHCI
CV Pattern
CCVCVCVCVVC
Vowel Share
45%
Consonant Share
55%
Bigrams
PR, RO, OV, VO, OC, CA, AT, TI, IO, ON
Trigrams
PRO, ROV, OVO, VOC, OCA, CAT, ATI, TIO, ION
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