repellent
Repellent can refer to a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water, a chemical substance that repels animals, or the power to repel. Repellent is also used as adjective, with meanings including serving or tending to repel.
Length
9
Scrabble
11
WWF
15
Starts
RE
Ends
ENT
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “REPELLENT” Mean?
/ɹəˈpɛlənt/
repellent has 6 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
3 sensesserving or tending to repel
“he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful”
“I find his obsequiousness repellent”
Synonyms
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
“a disgusting smell”
“distasteful language”
“a loathsome disease”
“the idea of eating meat is repellent to me”
incapable of absorbing or mixing with
“a water-repellent fabric”
“plastic highly resistant to steam and water”
Synonyms
Noun
3 sensesScrabble Score
11
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
serving or tending to repel
Length
9 letters
Starts With
R
Ends With
T
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
R, E, P, E, L, L, E, N, T
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆REPELLENT has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆REPELLENT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆REPELLENT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆REPELLENT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCBDDBEF
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
RE, EP, PE, EL, LL, LE, EN, NT
Trigrams
REP, EPE, PEL, ELL, LLE, LEN, ENT
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