approaching
Approaching can refer to the event of one object coming closer to another, the temporal property of becoming nearer in time, or the act of drawing spatially closer to something. Approaching is also used as adjective, with meanings including of the relatively near future.
Length
11
Scrabble
21
WWF
25
Starts
AP
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “APPROACHING” Mean?
/əˈpɹoʊtʃɪŋ/
approaching has 4 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
1 senseof the relatively near future
“the approaching election”
“this coming Thursday”
“the forthcoming holidays”
“the upcoming spring fashions”
Synonyms
Noun
3 sensesSynonyms for APPROACHING
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
11
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
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Definition
of the relatively near future
Length
11 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
G
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Letters
A, P, P, R, O, A, C, H, I, N, G
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★APPROACHING has a Scrabble score of 21. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆APPROACHING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆APPROACHING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆APPROACHING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABBCDAEFGHI
CV Pattern
VCCCVVCCVCC
Vowel Share
36%
Consonant Share
64%
Bigrams
AP, PP, PR, RO, OA, AC, CH, HI, IN, NG
Trigrams
APP, PPR, PRO, ROA, OAC, ACH, CHI, HIN, ING
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