sacrifice
Sacrifice can refer to the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc, a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value, or personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective). As a verb, sacrifice can mean to make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals, endure the loss of, or kill or destroy.
Length
9
Scrabble
16
WWF
18
Starts
SA
Ends
ICE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SACRIFICE” Mean?
/ˈsækɹɪfaɪs/
sacrifice has 9 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
5 sensesthe act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
Synonyms
personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
“he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice”
the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
(baseball) an out that advances the base runners
Verb
4 senseskill or destroy
“The animals were sacrificed after the experiment”
“The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment”
“They want to sacrifice the prisoners”
sell at a loss
make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
Synonyms for SACRIFICE
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
Length
9 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
S, A, C, R, I, F, I, C, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★SACRIFICE has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SACRIFICE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SACRIFICE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SACRIFICE 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
2
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFECG
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
SA, AC, CR, RI, IF, FI, IC, CE
Trigrams
SAC, ACR, CRI, RIF, IFI, FIC, ICE
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