tentative
Tentative is also used as adjective, with meanings including under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon.
Length
9
Scrabble
12
WWF
14
Starts
TE
Ends
IVE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “TENTATIVE” Mean?
/ˈtɛntətɪv/
tentative has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensesunder terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
“probationary employees”
“a provisional government”
“just a tentative schedule”
Synonyms for TENTATIVE
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
Length
9 letters
Starts With
T
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
T, E, N, T, A, T, I, V, E
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆TENTATIVE has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆TENTATIVE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆TENTATIVE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆TENTATIVE 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
3
Highest Value Letter
V
Letter Pattern
ABCADAEFB
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
TE, EN, NT, TA, AT, TI, IV, VE
Trigrams
TEN, ENT, NTA, TAT, ATI, TIV, IVE
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