discouraging
Discouraging is also used as adjective, with meanings including depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action.
Length
12
Scrabble
17
WWF
22
Starts
DI
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DISCOURAGING” Mean?
/dɪsˈkʌɹɪdʒɪŋ/
discouraging has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensesdepriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
“where never is heard a discouraging word”
expressing disapproval in order to dissuade
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
12
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
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Definition
depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
Length
12 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
G
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Letters
D, I, S, C, O, U, R, A, G, I, N, G
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★DISCOURAGING has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DISCOURAGING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DISCOURAGING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DISCOURAGING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
10
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHIBJI
CV Pattern
CVCCVVCVCVCC
Vowel Share
42%
Consonant Share
58%
Bigrams
DI, IS, SC, CO, OU, UR, RA, AG, GI, IN, NG
Trigrams
DIS, ISC, SCO, COU, OUR, URA, RAG, AGI, GIN, ING
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