sustenance
Sustenance can refer to a source of materials to nourish the body, the financial means whereby one lives, or the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence.
Length
10
Scrabble
12
WWF
16
Starts
SU
Ends
NCE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SUSTENANCE” Mean?
/ˈsʌs.tə.nəns/
sustenance has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesa source of materials to nourish the body
the financial means whereby one lives
“each child was expected to pay for their keep”
“he applied to the state for support”
“he could no longer earn his own livelihood”
Synonyms
the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
“they were in want of sustenance”
“fishing was their main sustainment”
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
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Definition
a source of materials to nourish the body
Length
10 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
S, U, S, T, E, N, A, N, C, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆SUSTENANCE has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SUSTENANCE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SUSTENANCE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SUSTENANCE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABACDEFEGD
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
SU, US, ST, TE, EN, NA, AN, NC, CE
Trigrams
SUS, UST, STE, TEN, ENA, NAN, ANC, NCE
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