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ailing

/ˈeɪ.lɪŋ/•adjective

Ailing is also used as adjective, with meanings including somewhat ill or prone to illness.

1 meaning6 lettersScrabble 7

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

ING

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “AILING” Mean?

/ˈeɪ.lɪŋ/

ailing has 1 documented sense across adjective.

Adjective

1 sense

somewhat ill or prone to illness

“my poor ailing grandmother”

“feeling a bit indisposed today”

“you look a little peaked”

“feeling poorly”

Synonyms

indisposed peaked poorly sickly unwell seedy

Synonyms for AILING

indisposed peaked poorly sickly unwell seedy

Scrabble Score

Letters

Vowels

Consonants

Word Intelligence

Explore the word ailing with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

somewhat ill or prone to illness

Length

6 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

A, I, L, I, N, G

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for ailing.

AILING is a 6-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 7.

It starts with A and ends with G.

It contains 3 vowels and 3 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 50%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCBDE.

Vowel/consonant pattern: VVCVCC.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using ailing in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★☆☆

AILING has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

AILING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★★☆

AILING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

AILING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside ailing.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCBDE

CV Pattern

VVCVCC

Vowel Share

50%

Consonant Share

50%

Bigrams

AI, IL, LI, IN, NG

Trigrams

AIL, ILI, LIN, ING

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for ailing.

AILING is a 6-letter standard crossword entry.

It starts with A and ends with G, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 3 vowels and 3 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is VVCVCC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Medium.