alcoholism
Alcoholism can refer to an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess or habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms.
Length
10
Scrabble
17
WWF
20
Starts
AL
Ends
ISM
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ALCOHOLISM” Mean?
/ˈælkə(ˌ)hɔlˌɪzəm/
alcoholism has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 senseshabitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
Synonyms
an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
Synonyms
Synonyms for ALCOHOLISM
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
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Definition
habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
Length
10 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
M
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
A, L, C, O, H, O, L, I, S, M
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★ALCOHOLISM has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ALCOHOLISM is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ALCOHOLISM can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆ALCOHOLISM 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
2
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEDBFGH
CV Pattern
VCCVCVCVCC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
AL, LC, CO, OH, HO, OL, LI, IS, SM
Trigrams
ALC, LCO, COH, OHO, HOL, OLI, LIS, ISM
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