meretricious
Meretricious is also used as adjective, with meanings including like or relating to a prostitute.
Length
12
Scrabble
16
WWF
19
Starts
ME
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “MERETRICIOUS” Mean?
/ˌmɛɹɪˈtɹɪʃəs/
meretricious has 3 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
3 senseslike or relating to a prostitute
“meretricious relationships”
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
12
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
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Definition
like or relating to a prostitute
Length
12 letters
Starts With
M
Ends With
S
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Letters
M, E, R, E, T, R, I, C, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★MERETRICIOUS has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆MERETRICIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆MERETRICIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆MERETRICIOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABCBDCEFEGHI
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
ME, ER, RE, ET, TR, RI, IC, CI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
MER, ERE, RET, ETR, TRI, RIC, ICI, CIO, IOU, OUS
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