Sade
4 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
The Marquis de Sade, an 18th-century French aristocrat and writer whose explorations of transgressive sexuality gave rise to the term sadism.
“The academic paper traced the origins of the concept of sadism back to the writings of Sade.”
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sa·de
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S, A, D, E are four very common Wordle letters, the -ADE ending is highly productive in English words
Scrabble
Worth 5 points, as a proper noun it may not be valid in standard Scrabble, the -ADE hook is otherwise strong
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