startling
Startling is also used as adjective, with meanings including so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm.
Length
9
Scrabble
10
WWF
13
Starts
ST
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “STARTLING” Mean?
/ˈstɑɹ.tl̩.ɪŋ/
startling has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 senseso remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
“Sydney's startling new Opera House”
“startling news”
“startling earthquake shocks”
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
9
Vowels
2
Consonants
7
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Definition
so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
Length
9 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
G
Vowels
2
Consonants
7
Letters
S, T, A, R, T, L, I, N, G
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆STARTLING has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆STARTLING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆STARTLING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆STARTLING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
G
Letter Pattern
ABCDBEFGH
CV Pattern
CCVCCCVCC
Vowel Share
22%
Consonant Share
78%
Bigrams
ST, TA, AR, RT, TL, LI, IN, NG
Trigrams
STA, TAR, ART, RTL, TLI, LIN, ING
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