tender
Tender can refer to something that can be used as an official medium of payment, a formal proposal to buy at a specified price, or someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another. As a verb, tender can mean to offer or present for acceptance, make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer, or propose a payment.
Length
6
Scrabble
7
WWF
8
Starts
TE
Ends
DER
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “TENDER” Mean?
tender has 18 documented senses across adjective, noun, verb.
Adjective
8 sensesgiven to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
“a tender heart”
“a tender smile”
“tender loving care”
“tender memories”
young and immature
“at a tender age”
having or displaying warmth or affection
“affectionate children”
“a fond embrace”
“fond of his nephew”
“a tender glance”
Synonyms
easy to cut or chew
“tender beef”
Noun
6 sensessomething that can be used as an official medium of payment
Synonyms
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
Synonyms
car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
Verb
4 sensesScrabble Score
7
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
Length
6 letters
Starts With
T
Ends With
R
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
T, E, N, D, E, R
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
★★★☆☆TENDER has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆TENDER is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆TENDER can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆TENDER 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
1
Highest Value Letter
D
Letter Pattern
ABCDBE
CV Pattern
CVCCVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
TE, EN, ND, DE, ER
Trigrams
TEN, END, NDE, DER
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