illiteracy

illiteracy is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census.
2. noun. An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder.
3. noun. an inability to read

   Synonyms: analphabetism

4. noun. ignorance resulting from not reading

Synonyms

analphabetism

Common word forms

illiteracies

Words from these letters

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