suspense
Suspense can refer to an uncertain cognitive state, apprehension about what is going to happen, or excited anticipation of an approaching climax.
Length
8
Scrabble
10
WWF
13
Starts
SU
Ends
NSE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SUSPENSE” Mean?
/səˈspɛns/
suspense has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesapprehension about what is going to happen
an uncertain cognitive state
“the matter remained in suspense for several years”
excited anticipation of an approaching climax
“the play kept the audience in suspense”
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
apprehension about what is going to happen
Length
8 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
S, U, S, P, E, N, S, E
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
★★★★☆SUSPENSE has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SUSPENSE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SUSPENSE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SUSPENSE 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
ABACDEAD
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCV
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
SU, US, SP, PE, EN, NS, SE
Trigrams
SUS, USP, SPE, PEN, ENS, NSE
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