sardonic
Sardonic is also used as adjective, with meanings including disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking.
Length
8
Scrabble
11
WWF
13
Starts
SA
Ends
NIC
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SARDONIC” Mean?
/saːˈdɔnɪk/
sardonic has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensedisdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
“{'source': 'Frank Schoenberner', 'text': 'his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists'}”
Synonyms
Synonyms for SARDONIC
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
Length
8 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
C
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
S, A, R, D, O, N, I, C
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆SARDONIC has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SARDONIC is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SARDONIC can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGH
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
SA, AR, RD, DO, ON, NI, IC
Trigrams
SAR, ARD, RDO, DON, ONI, NIC
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