hesitating
Hesitating is also used as adjective, with meanings including lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly.
Length
10
Scrabble
14
WWF
15
Starts
HE
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “HESITATING” Mean?
hesitating has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senselacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly
Synonyms
Synonyms for HESITATING
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Word Intelligence
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Definition
lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly
Length
10 letters
Starts With
H
Ends With
G
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
H, E, S, I, T, A, T, I, N, G
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★HESITATING has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆HESITATING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆HESITATING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆HESITATING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFEDGH
CV Pattern
CVCVCVCVCC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
HE, ES, SI, IT, TA, AT, TI, IN, NG
Trigrams
HES, ESI, SIT, ITA, TAT, ATI, TIN, ING
Crossword Intelligence
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