alcoholic
Alcoholic can refer to a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually. Alcoholic is also used as adjective, with meanings including characteristic of or containing alcohol.
Length
9
Scrabble
16
WWF
19
Starts
AL
Ends
LIC
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ALCOHOLIC” Mean?
/ˌælkəˈhɒlɪk/
alcoholic has 3 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
2 sensescharacteristic of or containing alcohol
“alcoholic drinks”
addicted to alcohol
“{'source': 'Carl Van Doren', 'text': 'alcoholic expatriates in Paris'}”
Noun
1 senseScrabble Score
16
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
characteristic of or containing alcohol
Length
9 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
C
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
A, L, C, O, H, O, L, I, C
Use Case
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Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★ALCOHOLIC has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ALCOHOLIC is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ALCOHOLIC can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ALCOHOLIC 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
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEDBFC
CV Pattern
VCCVCVCVC
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
AL, LC, CO, OH, HO, OL, LI, IC
Trigrams
ALC, LCO, COH, OHO, HOL, OLI, LIC
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