depressing
Depressing is also used as adjective, with meanings including causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy.
Length
10
Scrabble
14
WWF
17
Starts
DE
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DEPRESSING” Mean?
/dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)/
depressing has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensecausing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
“the economic outlook is depressing”
“something cheerless about the room”
“a moody and uncheerful person”
“an uncheerful place”
Synonyms
Synonyms for DEPRESSING
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
10
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
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Definition
causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
Length
10 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
G
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
Letters
D, E, P, R, E, S, S, 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
★★★★★DEPRESSING has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DEPRESSING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DEPRESSING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DEPRESSING 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
2
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDBEEFGH
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
30%
Consonant Share
70%
Bigrams
DE, EP, PR, RE, ES, SS, SI, IN, NG
Trigrams
DEP, EPR, PRE, RES, ESS, SSI, SIN, ING
Crossword Intelligence
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