appal
Appal commonly means to strike with disgust or revulsion or fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.
Length
5
Scrabble
9
WWF
12
Starts
AP
Ends
PAL
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “APPAL” Mean?
appal has 2 documented senses across verb.
Verb
2 sensesstrike with disgust or revulsion
“The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends”
“The bad news will appal him”
“The performance is likely to appal Sue”
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Word Intelligence
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Definition
strike with disgust or revulsion
Length
5 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
L
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
A, P, P, A, L
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆APPAL has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆APPAL is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆APPAL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆APPAL contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
3
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABBAC
CV Pattern
VCCVC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
AP, PP, PA, AL
Trigrams
APP, PPA, PAL
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