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galling

adjective

Galling is also used as adjective, with meanings including causing irritation or annoyance.

1 meaning7 lettersScrabble 9

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

ING

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “GALLING” Mean?

galling has 1 documented sense across adjective.

Adjective

1 sense

causing irritation or annoyance

“tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork”

“aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport”

“found it galling to have to ask permission”

“an irritating delay”

Synonyms

annoying bothersome irritating nettlesome pesky pestering pestiferous plaguy plaguey teasing vexatious vexing

Synonyms for GALLING

annoying bothersome irritating nettlesome pesky pestering pestiferous plaguy plaguey teasing vexatious vexing

Scrabble Score

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Word Intelligence

Explore the word galling with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

causing irritation or annoyance

Length

7 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

G, A, L, L, I, N, G

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for galling.

GALLING is a 7-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 9.

It starts with G and ends with G.

It contains 2 vowels and 5 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 29%.

It has 2 repeated letters.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCCDEA.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVCCVCC.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using galling in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★☆☆

GALLING has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

GALLING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★☆☆

GALLING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

GALLING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside galling.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCCDEA

CV Pattern

CVCCVCC

Vowel Share

29%

Consonant Share

71%

Bigrams

GA, AL, LL, LI, IN, NG

Trigrams

GAL, ALL, LLI, LIN, ING

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for galling.

GALLING is a 7-letter standard crossword entry.

It starts with G and ends with G, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 2 vowels and 5 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVCCVCC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Medium.