prohibition
Prohibition can refer to a decree that prohibits something, a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages, or refusal to approve or assent to.
Length
11
Scrabble
18
WWF
20
Starts
PR
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PROHIBITION” Mean?
/ˌpɹəʊ(h)ɪˈbɪʃən/
prohibition has 5 documented senses across noun.
Noun
5 sensesa law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
“in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US”
a decree that prohibits something
Synonyms
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
refusal to approve or assent to
the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
“they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter”
“a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages”
“he ignored his parents' forbiddance”
Synonyms
Synonyms for PROHIBITION
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
11
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
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Definition
a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
Length
11 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
N
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Letters
P, R, O, H, I, B, I, T, I, O, N
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PROHIBITION has a Scrabble score of 18. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PROHIBITION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PROHIBITION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PROHIBITION 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
3
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFEGECH
CV Pattern
CCVCVCVCVVC
Vowel Share
45%
Consonant Share
55%
Bigrams
PR, RO, OH, HI, IB, BI, IT, TI, IO, ON
Trigrams
PRO, ROH, OHI, HIB, IBI, BIT, ITI, TIO, ION
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