regulate
Regulate commonly means to fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of, bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations, or shape or influence; give direction to.
Length
8
Scrabble
9
WWF
12
Starts
RE
Ends
ATE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “REGULATE” Mean?
/ˈɹɛɡjəleɪt/
regulate has 4 documented senses across verb.
Verb
4 sensesfix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
“regulate the temperature”
“modulate the pitch”
Synonyms
bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
“We cannot regulate the way people dress”
“This town likes to regulate”
Synonyms
restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
8
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
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Definition
fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
Length
8 letters
Starts With
R
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Letters
R, E, G, U, L, A, T, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆REGULATE has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆REGULATE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆REGULATE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆REGULATE 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
G
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGB
CV Pattern
CVCVCVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
RE, EG, GU, UL, LA, AT, TE
Trigrams
REG, EGU, GUL, ULA, LAT, ATE
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