criminal
Criminal can refer to someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime. Criminal is also used as adjective, with meanings including bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure.
Length
8
Scrabble
12
WWF
16
Starts
CR
Ends
NAL
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CRIMINAL” Mean?
/ˈkɹɪmənəl/
criminal has 4 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
3 sensesbringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
“a criminal waste of talent”
“a deplorable act of violence”
“adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife”
guilty of crime or serious offense
“criminal in the sight of God and man”
involving or being or having the nature of a crime
“a criminal offense”
“criminal abuse”
“felonious intent”
Synonyms
Noun
1 sensesomeone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
Synonyms
Synonyms for CRIMINAL
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
Length
8 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
L
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
C, R, I, M, I, N, A, L
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆CRIMINAL has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CRIMINAL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CRIMINAL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CRIMINAL 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
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDCEFG
CV Pattern
CCVCVCVC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
CR, RI, IM, MI, IN, NA, AL
Trigrams
CRI, RIM, IMI, MIN, INA, NAL
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