besetting
Present participle and gerund of beset
Length
9
Scrabble
12
WWF
15
Starts
BE
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “BESETTING” Mean?
present participle and gerund of beset
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
present participle and gerund of beset
Length
9 letters
Starts With
B
Ends With
G
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
B, E, S, E, T, T, I, N, G
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
★★★★☆BESETTING has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆BESETTING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆BESETTING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆BESETTING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
B
Letter Pattern
ABCBDDEFG
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
BE, ES, SE, ET, TT, TI, IN, NG
Trigrams
BES, ESE, SET, ETT, TTI, TIN, ING
Crossword Intelligence
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