detesting
Present participle and gerund of detest
Length
9
Scrabble
11
WWF
13
Starts
DE
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DETESTING” Mean?
present participle and gerund of detest
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
present participle and gerund of detest
Length
9 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
G
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
D, E, T, E, S, T, I, N, G
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆DETESTING has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DETESTING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DETESTING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DETESTING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
D
Letter Pattern
ABCBDCEFG
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
DE, ET, TE, ES, ST, TI, IN, NG
Trigrams
DET, ETE, TES, EST, STI, TIN, ING
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