withholding
Withholding can refer to the act of deducting from an employee's salary, the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control, or income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer.
Length
11
Scrabble
22
WWF
23
Starts
WI
Ends
ING
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “WITHHOLDING” Mean?
withholding has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesthe act of deducting from an employee's salary
income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer
the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control
“I resented his withholding permission”
“there were allegations of the withholding of evidence”
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
11
Vowels
3
Consonants
8
Word Intelligence
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Definition
the act of deducting from an employee's salary
Length
11 letters
Starts With
W
Ends With
G
Vowels
3
Consonants
8
Letters
W, I, T, H, H, O, L, D, I, N, G
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Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★WITHHOLDING has a Scrabble score of 22. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆WITHHOLDING is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆WITHHOLDING can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆WITHHOLDING contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
W
Letter Pattern
ABCDDEFGBHI
CV Pattern
CVCCCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
27%
Consonant Share
73%
Bigrams
WI, IT, TH, HH, HO, OL, LD, DI, IN, NG
Trigrams
WIT, ITH, THH, HHO, HOL, OLD, LDI, DIN, ING
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