drinking
Drinking can refer to the act of consuming liquids or the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
Length
8
Scrabble
14
WWF
17
Starts
DR
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DRINKING” Mean?
/ˈdɹɪŋkɪŋ/
drinking has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesthe act of consuming liquids
Synonyms
the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
“drink was his downfall”
Synonyms for DRINKING
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
8
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
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Definition
the act of consuming liquids
Length
8 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
G
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Letters
D, R, I, N, K, I, N, G
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★DRINKING has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DRINKING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DRINKING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DRINKING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDECDF
CV Pattern
CCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
DR, RI, IN, NK, KI, IN, NG
Trigrams
DRI, RIN, INK, NKI, KIN, ING
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