suppress
Suppress commonly means to bring under control by force or authority, come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority, or put out of one's consciousness.
Length
8
Scrabble
12
WWF
15
Starts
SU
Ends
ESS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SUPPRESS” Mean?
/səˈpɹɛs/
suppress has 5 documented senses across verb.
Verb
5 sensesconsciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
“suppress a smile”
“he let his anger bottle up until he exploded”
Synonyms
put out of one's consciousness
Synonyms
lessen to the point of stopping
“suppress a yawn”
“this drug can suppress the hemorrhage”
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
8
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Word Intelligence
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Definition
bring under control by force or authority
Length
8 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
S
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Letters
S, U, P, P, R, E, S, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆SUPPRESS has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SUPPRESS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SUPPRESS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SUPPRESS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCCDEAA
CV Pattern
CVCCCVCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
SU, UP, PP, PR, RE, ES, SS
Trigrams
SUP, UPP, PPR, PRE, RES, ESS
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