save
Save commonly means to keep up and reserve for personal or special use, save from ruin, destruction, or harm, or make unnecessary an expenditure or effort. As a noun, save can refer to (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring.
Length
4
Scrabble
7
WWF
8
Starts
SA
Ends
AVE
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “SAVE” Mean?
/seɪv/
save has 12 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
1 sense(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
“the goalie made a brilliant save”
“the relief pitcher got credit for a save”
Verb
11 sensesto keep up and reserve for personal or special use
“She saved the old family photographs in a drawer”
Synonyms
bring into safety
“We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack”
“They save him from writing the letter”
spend less; buy at a reduced price
accumulate money for future use
“He saves half his salary”
“They save the money”
make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
“This will save money”
“I'll save you the trouble”
“This will save you a lot of time”
Show 5 more verb definitions
refrain from harming
Synonyms
retain rights to
“keep my job for me while I give birth”
“keep my seat, please”
“keep open the possibility of a merger”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
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Definition
(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
Length
4 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
E
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
Letters
S, A, V, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆SAVE has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SAVE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆SAVE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 4-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆SAVE uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
V
Letter Pattern
ABCD
CV Pattern
CVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
SA, AV, VE
Trigrams
SAV, AVE
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