controlling
Controlling is also used as adjective, with meanings including able to control or determine policy.
Length
11
Scrabble
14
WWF
20
Starts
CO
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CONTROLLING” Mean?
/kənˈtɹoʊlɪŋ/
controlling has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseable to control or determine policy
“a controlling interest in the firm”
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
11
Vowels
3
Consonants
8
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Definition
able to control or determine policy
Length
11 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
G
Vowels
3
Consonants
8
Letters
C, O, N, T, R, O, L, L, I, N, G
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★CONTROLLING has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CONTROLLING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CONTROLLING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CONTROLLING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEBFFGCH
CV Pattern
CVCCCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
27%
Consonant Share
73%
Bigrams
CO, ON, NT, TR, RO, OL, LL, LI, IN, NG
Trigrams
CON, ONT, NTR, TRO, ROL, OLL, LLI, LIN, ING
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