sanction
Sanction can refer to a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards, formal and explicit approval, or the act of final authorization. As a verb, sanction can mean to give authority or permission to, give religious sanction to, such as through an oath, or give sanction to.
Length
8
Scrabble
10
WWF
13
Starts
SA
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SANCTION” Mean?
/ˈsæŋkʃən/
sanction has 7 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
4 sensesformal and explicit approval
“a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement”
a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
official permission or approval
“authority for the program was renewed several times”
the act of final authorization
“it had the sanction of the church”
Verb
3 sensesScrabble Score
10
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
formal and explicit approval
Length
8 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
N
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
S, A, N, C, T, I, O, N
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆SANCTION has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SANCTION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SANCTION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SANCTION 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
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGC
CV Pattern
CVCCCVVC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
SA, AN, NC, CT, TI, IO, ON
Trigrams
SAN, ANC, NCT, CTI, TIO, ION
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