ongoing
Ongoing is also used as adjective, with meanings including currently happening.
Length
7
Scrabble
9
WWF
13
Starts
ON
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “ONGOING” Mean?
ongoing has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensecurrently happening
“an ongoing economic crisis”
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Word Intelligence
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Definition
currently happening
Length
7 letters
Starts With
O
Ends With
G
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
O, N, G, O, 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
★★★☆☆ONGOING has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ONGOING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ONGOING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ONGOING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
G
Letter Pattern
ABCADBC
CV Pattern
VCCVVCC
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
ON, NG, GO, OI, IN, NG
Trigrams
ONG, NGO, GOI, OIN, ING
Crossword Intelligence
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