listening
Listening can refer to the act of hearing attentively.
Length
9
Scrabble
10
WWF
14
Starts
LI
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “LISTENING” Mean?
listening has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensethe act of hearing attentively
“you can learn a lot by just listening”
“they make good music — you should give them a hearing”
Synonyms
Synonyms for LISTENING
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Word Intelligence
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Definition
the act of hearing attentively
Length
9 letters
Starts With
L
Ends With
G
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
L, I, S, T, E, N, 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
★★★★☆LISTENING has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆LISTENING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆LISTENING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆LISTENING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
G
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFBFG
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
LI, IS, ST, TE, EN, NI, IN, NG
Trigrams
LIS, IST, STE, TEN, ENI, NIN, ING
Crossword Intelligence
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