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cooking

/ˈkʊ.kɪŋ/•noun

Cooking can refer to the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.

1 meaning7 lettersScrabble 14

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

ING

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “COOKING” Mean?

/ˈkʊ.kɪŋ/

cooking has 1 documented sense across noun.

Noun

1 sense

the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

“cooking can be a great art”

“people are needed who have experience in cookery”

“he left the preparation of meals to his wife”

Synonyms

cookery preparation

Synonyms for COOKING

cookery preparation

Scrabble Score

Letters

Vowels

Consonants

Word Intelligence

Explore the word cooking with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

Length

7 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

C, O, O, K, I, N, G

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for cooking.

COOKING is a 7-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 14.

It starts with C and ends with G.

It contains 3 vowels and 4 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 43%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABBCDEF.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVVCVCC.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using cooking in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★★★

COOKING has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

COOKING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★☆☆

COOKING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

COOKING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside cooking.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABBCDEF

CV Pattern

CVVCVCC

Vowel Share

43%

Consonant Share

57%

Bigrams

CO, OO, OK, KI, IN, NG

Trigrams

COO, OOK, OKI, KIN, ING

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for cooking.

COOKING is a 7-letter standard crossword entry.

It starts with C and ends with G, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 3 vowels and 4 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVVCVCC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Hard.