retaliate
Retaliate commonly means to take revenge for a perceived wrong or make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil.
Length
9
Scrabble
9
WWF
10
Starts
RE
Ends
ATE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “RETALIATE” Mean?
/ɹɪˈtæli.eɪt/
retaliate has 2 documented senses across verb.
Verb
2 sensesScrabble Score
9
Letters
9
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
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Definition
take revenge for a perceived wrong
Length
9 letters
Starts With
R
Ends With
E
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
Letters
R, E, T, A, L, I, A, T, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆RETALIATE has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆RETALIATE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆RETALIATE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆RETALIATE 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
R
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFDCB
CV Pattern
CVCVCVVCV
Vowel Share
56%
Consonant Share
44%
Bigrams
RE, ET, TA, AL, LI, IA, AT, TE
Trigrams
RET, ETA, TAL, ALI, LIA, IAT, ATE
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