discerning
Discerning is also used as adjective, with meanings including having or revealing keen insight and good judgment.
Length
10
Scrabble
14
WWF
18
Starts
DI
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DISCERNING” Mean?
/dɪˈsɜːn.iŋ/
discerning has 4 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
4 senseshaving or revealing keen insight and good judgment
“a discerning critic”
“a discerning reader”
quick to understand
“{'source': 'Nathaniel Hawthorne', 'text': 'a kind and apprehensive friend'}”
Synonyms
able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive
“discerning taste”
“a discerning eye for color”
Synonyms for DISCERNING
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
10
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
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Definition
having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
Length
10 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
G
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
Letters
D, I, S, C, E, R, N, I, N, G
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★DISCERNING has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DISCERNING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DISCERNING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DISCERNING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGBGH
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
30%
Consonant Share
70%
Bigrams
DI, IS, SC, CE, ER, RN, NI, IN, NG
Trigrams
DIS, ISC, SCE, CER, ERN, RNI, NIN, ING
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