skulking
Skulking can refer to evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated.
Length
8
Scrabble
17
WWF
21
Starts
SK
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SKULKING” Mean?
skulking has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 senseevading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated
“they developed a test to detect malingering”
Synonyms
Synonyms for SKULKING
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
8
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Word Intelligence
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Definition
evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated
Length
8 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
G
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Letters
S, K, U, L, K, I, N, G
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★SKULKING has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SKULKING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SKULKING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SKULKING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDBEFG
CV Pattern
CCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
SK, KU, UL, LK, KI, IN, NG
Trigrams
SKU, KUL, ULK, LKI, KIN, ING
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