foreboding
Foreboding can refer to a feeling of evil to come or an unfavorable omen. Foreboding is also used as adjective, with meanings including ominously prophetic.
Length
10
Scrabble
17
WWF
20
Starts
FO
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “FOREBODING” Mean?
foreboding has 3 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
1 senseominously prophetic
Synonyms
Noun
2 sensesa feeling of evil to come
“a steadily escalating sense of foreboding”
“the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case”
Synonyms
an unfavorable omen
Synonyms for FOREBODING
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
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Definition
ominously prophetic
Length
10 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
G
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
F, O, R, E, B, O, D, I, N, G
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★FOREBODING has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆FOREBODING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆FOREBODING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆FOREBODING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEBFGHI
CV Pattern
CVCVCVCVCC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
FO, OR, RE, EB, BO, OD, DI, IN, NG
Trigrams
FOR, ORE, REB, EBO, BOD, ODI, DIN, ING
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