licking
Licking can refer to an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest or the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows.
Length
7
Scrabble
14
WWF
18
Starts
LI
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “LICKING” Mean?
/ˈlɪkɪŋ/
licking has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesScrabble Score
14
Letters
7
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
Length
7 letters
Starts With
L
Ends With
G
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Letters
L, I, C, K, 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
★★★★★LICKING has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆LICKING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆LICKING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆LICKING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDBEF
CV Pattern
CVCCVCC
Vowel Share
29%
Consonant Share
71%
Bigrams
LI, IC, CK, KI, IN, NG
Trigrams
LIC, ICK, CKI, KIN, ING
Crossword Intelligence
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