appalling
Appalling can refer to an experience that appalls. Appalling is also used as adjective, with meanings including causing consternation.
Length
9
Scrabble
14
WWF
20
Starts
AP
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “APPALLING” Mean?
/əˈpɔːlɪŋ/
appalling has 2 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
1 senseNoun
1 sensean experience that appalls
“is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?”
Synonyms for APPALLING
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
causing consternation
Length
9 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
G
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
A, P, P, A, L, L, I, N, G
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★APPALLING has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆APPALLING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆APPALLING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆APPALLING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABBACCDEF
CV Pattern
VCCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
AP, PP, PA, AL, LL, LI, IN, NG
Trigrams
APP, PPA, PAL, ALL, LLI, LIN, ING
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