telling
Telling can refer to disclosing information or giving evidence about another, an act of narration, or informing by words. Telling is also used as adjective, with meanings including disclosing unintentionally something concealed.
Length
7
Scrabble
8
WWF
12
Starts
TE
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “TELLING” Mean?
telling has 6 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
3 sensesproducing a strong effect
“gave an impressive performance as Othello”
“a telling gesture”
Synonyms
Noun
3 sensesan act of narration
“he was the hero according to his own relation”
“his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable”
Synonyms
informing by words
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
7
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Word Intelligence
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Definition
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
Length
7 letters
Starts With
T
Ends With
G
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Letters
T, E, L, L, 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
★★★☆☆TELLING has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆TELLING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆TELLING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆TELLING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
G
Letter Pattern
ABCCDEF
CV Pattern
CVCCVCC
Vowel Share
29%
Consonant Share
71%
Bigrams
TE, EL, LL, LI, IN, NG
Trigrams
TEL, ELL, LLI, LIN, ING
Crossword Intelligence
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