painstaking
Painstaking is also used as adjective, with meanings including characterized by extreme care and great effort.
Length
11
Scrabble
18
WWF
22
Starts
PA
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PAINSTAKING” Mean?
/ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/
painstaking has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensecharacterized by extreme care and great effort
“conscientious application to the work at hand”
“painstaking research”
“scrupulous attention to details”
Synonyms
Synonyms for PAINSTAKING
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
11
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
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Definition
characterized by extreme care and great effort
Length
11 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
G
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Letters
P, A, I, N, S, T, A, K, I, N, G
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PAINSTAKING has a Scrabble score of 18. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PAINSTAKING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PAINSTAKING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PAINSTAKING 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
3
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFBGCDH
CV Pattern
CVVCCCVCVCC
Vowel Share
36%
Consonant Share
64%
Bigrams
PA, AI, IN, NS, ST, TA, AK, KI, IN, NG
Trigrams
PAI, AIN, INS, NST, STA, TAK, AKI, KIN, ING
Crossword Intelligence
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