alarming
Alarming is also used as adjective, with meanings including frightening because of an awareness of danger.
Length
8
Scrabble
11
WWF
15
Starts
AL
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ALARMING” Mean?
/ə.ˈlɑːm.ɪŋ/
alarming has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensefrightening because of an awareness of danger
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
8
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
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Definition
frightening because of an awareness of danger
Length
8 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
G
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Letters
A, L, A, R, M, I, N, G
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆ALARMING has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ALARMING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ALARMING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ALARMING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABACDEFG
CV Pattern
VCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
AL, LA, AR, RM, MI, IN, NG
Trigrams
ALA, LAR, ARM, RMI, MIN, ING
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