undulate
Undulate commonly means to move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion, stir up (water) so as to form ripples, or occur in soft rounded shapes. Undulate is also used as adjective, with meanings including having a wavy margin and rippled surface.
Length
8
Scrabble
9
WWF
13
Starts
UN
Ends
ATE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “UNDULATE” Mean?
/ˈʌndjəleɪt/
undulate has 5 documented senses across adjective, verb.
Adjective
1 sensehaving a wavy margin and rippled surface
Verb
4 sensesincrease and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves
“The singer's voice undulated”
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
8
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
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Definition
having a wavy margin and rippled surface
Length
8 letters
Starts With
U
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Letters
U, N, D, U, L, A, T, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆UNDULATE has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆UNDULATE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆UNDULATE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆UNDULATE 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
1
Highest Value Letter
D
Letter Pattern
ABCADEFG
CV Pattern
VCCVCVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
UN, ND, DU, UL, LA, AT, TE
Trigrams
UND, NDU, DUL, ULA, LAT, ATE
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