philistine
Philistine can refer to a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits. Philistine is also used as adjective, with meanings including smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values.
Length
10
Scrabble
15
WWF
17
Starts
PH
Ends
INE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PHILISTINE” Mean?
/ˈfɪlɪstaɪn/
philistine has 2 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
1 sensesmug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
Noun
1 sensea person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
Synonyms
Synonyms for PHILISTINE
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
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Definition
smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
Length
10 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
P, H, I, L, I, S, T, I, N, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PHILISTINE has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PHILISTINE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PHILISTINE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PHILISTINE 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
ABCDCEFCGH
CV Pattern
CCVCVCCVCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
PH, HI, IL, LI, IS, ST, TI, IN, NE
Trigrams
PHI, HIL, ILI, LIS, IST, STI, TIN, INE
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