tendentious
Tendentious is also used as adjective, with meanings including having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one.
Length
11
Scrabble
12
WWF
15
Starts
TE
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “TENDENTIOUS” Mean?
/tɛnˈdɛnʃəs/
tendentious has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensehaving or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one
“a tendentious account of recent elections”
“distinguishing between verifiable fact and tendentious assertion”
Synonyms
Synonyms for TENDENTIOUS
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
11
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
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Definition
having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one
Length
11 letters
Starts With
T
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Letters
T, E, N, D, E, N, T, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆TENDENTIOUS has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆TENDENTIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆TENDENTIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆TENDENTIOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
D
Letter Pattern
ABCDBCAEFGH
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCVVVC
Vowel Share
45%
Consonant Share
55%
Bigrams
TE, EN, ND, DE, EN, NT, TI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
TEN, END, NDE, DEN, ENT, NTI, TIO, IOU, OUS
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