limerick
Limerick can refer to a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba.
Length
8
Scrabble
16
WWF
19
Starts
LI
Ends
ICK
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “LIMERICK” Mean?
/ˈlɪməɹɪk/
limerick has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensea humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba
Length
8 letters
Starts With
L
Ends With
K
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
L, I, M, E, R, I, C, K
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★LIMERICK has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆LIMERICK is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆LIMERICK can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆LIMERICK 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
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDEBFG
CV Pattern
CVCVCVCC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
LI, IM, ME, ER, RI, IC, CK
Trigrams
LIM, IME, MER, ERI, RIC, ICK
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