longing
Longing can refer to prolonged unfulfilled desire or need.
Length
7
Scrabble
9
WWF
14
Starts
LO
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “LONGING” Mean?
longing has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 senseprolonged unfulfilled desire or need
Synonyms
Synonyms for LONGING
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
7
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
Length
7 letters
Starts With
L
Ends With
G
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Letters
L, O, N, G, 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
★★★☆☆LONGING has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆LONGING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆LONGING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆LONGING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
G
Letter Pattern
ABCDECD
CV Pattern
CVCCVCC
Vowel Share
29%
Consonant Share
71%
Bigrams
LO, ON, NG, GI, IN, NG
Trigrams
LON, ONG, NGI, GIN, ING
Crossword Intelligence
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