sanctimonious
Sanctimonious is also used as adjective, with meanings including excessively or hypocritically pious.
Length
13
Scrabble
17
WWF
22
Starts
SA
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SANCTIMONIOUS” Mean?
/ˌsæŋk.tɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/
sanctimonious has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseexcessively or hypocritically pious
“a sickening sanctimonious smile”
Synonyms for SANCTIMONIOUS
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
13
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
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Definition
excessively or hypocritically pious
Length
13 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
S
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Letters
S, A, N, C, T, I, M, O, N, I, O, U, S
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★SANCTIMONIOUS has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SANCTIMONIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SANCTIMONIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 13-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SANCTIMONIOUS 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
4
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHCFHIA
CV Pattern
CVCCCVCVCVVVC
Vowel Share
46%
Consonant Share
54%
Bigrams
SA, AN, NC, CT, TI, IM, MO, ON, NI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
SAN, ANC, NCT, CTI, TIM, IMO, MON, ONI, NIO, IOU, OUS
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