sacrilegious
Sacrilegious is also used as adjective, with meanings including grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred.
Length
12
Scrabble
15
WWF
19
Starts
SA
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SACRILEGIOUS” Mean?
/sæk.ɹəˈlɪdʒ.əs/
sacrilegious has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensegrossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
“blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath”
“profane utterances against the Church”
“it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on”
Synonyms
Synonyms for SACRILEGIOUS
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
12
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
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Definition
grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
Length
12 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
S
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Letters
S, A, C, R, I, L, E, G, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★SACRILEGIOUS has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SACRILEGIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SACRILEGIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SACRILEGIOUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
10
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHEIJA
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
SA, AC, CR, RI, IL, LE, EG, GI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
SAC, ACR, CRI, RIL, ILE, LEG, EGI, GIO, IOU, OUS
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