illegitimacy
Illegitimacy can refer to the status of being born to parents who were not married or unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law.
Length
12
Scrabble
20
WWF
24
Starts
IL
Ends
ACY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ILLEGITIMACY” Mean?
illegitimacy has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesthe status of being born to parents who were not married
Synonyms
unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law
Synonyms for ILLEGITIMACY
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
12
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
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Definition
the status of being born to parents who were not married
Length
12 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
Y
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Letters
I, L, L, E, G, I, T, I, M, A, C, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★ILLEGITIMACY has a Scrabble score of 20. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ILLEGITIMACY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ILLEGITIMACY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ILLEGITIMACY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABBCDAEAFGHI
CV Pattern
VCCVCVCVCVCC
Vowel Share
42%
Consonant Share
58%
Bigrams
IL, LL, LE, EG, GI, IT, TI, IM, MA, AC, CY
Trigrams
ILL, LLE, LEG, EGI, GIT, ITI, TIM, IMA, MAC, ACY
Crossword Intelligence
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