tendency
Tendency can refer to an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others, an inclination to do something, or a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect.
Length
8
Scrabble
14
WWF
16
Starts
TE
Ends
NCY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “TENDENCY” Mean?
/ˈtɛndənsi/
tendency has 4 documented senses across noun.
Noun
4 sensesan attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
“he had an inclination to give up too easily”
“a tendency to be too strict”
Synonyms
a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
“the alkaline inclination of the local waters”
“fabric with a tendency to shrink”
Synonyms
a general direction in which something tends to move
“the shoreward tendency of the current”
“the trend of the stock market”
Synonyms
Synonyms for TENDENCY
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
8
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
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Definition
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
Length
8 letters
Starts With
T
Ends With
Y
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Letters
T, E, N, D, E, N, C, Y
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★TENDENCY has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆TENDENCY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆TENDENCY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆TENDENCY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDBCEF
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
TE, EN, ND, DE, EN, NC, CY
Trigrams
TEN, END, NDE, DEN, ENC, NCY
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