suppressive
Suppressive is also used as adjective, with meanings including tending to suppress.
Length
11
Scrabble
18
WWF
22
Starts
SU
Ends
IVE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SUPPRESSIVE” Mean?
suppressive has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensetending to suppress
“the government used suppressive measures to control the protest”
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
11
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
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Definition
tending to suppress
Length
11 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Letters
S, U, P, P, R, E, S, S, I, V, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★SUPPRESSIVE has a Scrabble score of 18. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SUPPRESSIVE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SUPPRESSIVE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SUPPRESSIVE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
4
Highest Value Letter
V
Letter Pattern
ABCCDEAAFGE
CV Pattern
CVCCCVCCVCV
Vowel Share
36%
Consonant Share
64%
Bigrams
SU, UP, PP, PR, RE, ES, SS, SI, IV, VE
Trigrams
SUP, UPP, PPR, PRE, RES, ESS, SSI, SIV, IVE
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