retentive
Retentive is also used as adjective, with meanings including having the capacity to retain something.
Length
9
Scrabble
12
WWF
14
Starts
RE
Ends
IVE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “RETENTIVE” Mean?
retentive has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 senseshaving the capacity to retain something
having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water
“soils retentive of moisture”
Synonyms for RETENTIVE
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
good at remembering
Length
9 letters
Starts With
R
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
R, E, T, E, N, T, I, V, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆RETENTIVE has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆RETENTIVE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆RETENTIVE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆RETENTIVE 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
V
Letter Pattern
ABCBDCEFB
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
RE, ET, TE, EN, NT, TI, IV, VE
Trigrams
RET, ETE, TEN, ENT, NTI, TIV, IVE
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