sorrowful
Sorrowful is also used as adjective, with meanings including experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss.
Length
9
Scrabble
15
WWF
17
Starts
SO
Ends
FUL
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SORROWFUL” Mean?
/ˈsɔɹoʊfəl/
sorrowful has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseexperiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
“sorrowful widows”
“a sorrowful tale of death and despair”
“sorrowful news”
“{'source': 'The Bible, Proverbs 14:13', 'text': 'even in laughter the heart is sorrowful'}”
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Word Intelligence
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Definition
experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
Length
9 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
L
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
S, O, R, R, O, W, F, U, L
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★SORROWFUL has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SORROWFUL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SORROWFUL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SORROWFUL contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
W
Letter Pattern
ABCCBDEFG
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
SO, OR, RR, RO, OW, WF, FU, UL
Trigrams
SOR, ORR, RRO, ROW, OWF, WFU, FUL
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