according
According is also used as adjective, with meanings including (followed by ‘to’) in agreement with or accordant with.
Length
9
Scrabble
15
WWF
19
Starts
AC
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ACCORDING” Mean?
/əˈkɔːdɪŋ/
according has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 senses(followed by ‘to’) in agreement with or accordant with
“according to instructions”
(followed by ‘to’) as reported or stated by
“according to historians”
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
(followed by ‘to’) in agreement with or accordant with
Length
9 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
G
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
A, C, C, O, R, D, I, N, G
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
★★★★★ACCORDING has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ACCORDING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ACCORDING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ACCORDING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABBCDEFGH
CV Pattern
VCCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
AC, CC, CO, OR, RD, DI, IN, NG
Trigrams
ACC, CCO, COR, ORD, RDI, DIN, ING
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