refuse
Refuse can refer to food that is discarded (as from a kitchen). As a verb, refuse can mean to show unwillingness towards, elude, especially in a baffling way, or resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ.
Length
6
Scrabble
9
WWF
10
Starts
RE
Ends
USE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “REFUSE” Mean?
/ˈɹɛfjuːs/
refuse has 7 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
1 senseVerb
6 sensesshow unwillingness towards
“he declined to join the group on a hike”
“They refuse to move”
Synonyms
refuse to let have
“She denies me every pleasure”
“he denies her her weekly allowance”
“They refuse them the money”
Synonyms
refuse entrance or membership
“They turned away hundreds of fans”
“Black people were often rejected by country clubs”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
6
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Word Intelligence
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Definition
food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
Length
6 letters
Starts With
R
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Letters
R, E, F, U, S, 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
★★★☆☆REFUSE has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆REFUSE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆REFUSE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆REFUSE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEB
CV Pattern
CVCVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
RE, EF, FU, US, SE
Trigrams
REF, EFU, FUS, USE
Crossword Intelligence
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