Meaning
- (noun) A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
- (noun) An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.
- (noun) An immature, naïve or inexperienced person.
- (adjective) Untried or inexperienced.
- (adjective) Emergent or rising.
Letter breakdown
- Fledgling contains 9 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 7 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 15.
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
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- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with FLE
- flea
- fleas
- fleck
- flecked
- flecking
- flecks
- fled
- fledged
- fledgeling
- fledgelings
- fledglings
- flee
- fleece
- fleeced
- fleeces
- fleecier
- fleeciest
- fleecing
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Words ending with ING
Words from these letters
- felling
- gelding
- gelling
- niggled
- edging
- filled
- leggin
- neglig
- niggle
- deign
- elfin
- feign
- field
- fiend
- filed
- fined
- flied
- fling
- gelid
- glide
- lined
- deli
- dell
- dill
- dine
- ding
- fell
- fend
- file
- fill
- find
- fine
- fled
- geld
- gild
- gill
- glen
- idle
- lend
- lied
- lief
- lien
- life
- line
- den
- die
- dig
- din
- egg
- elf
- ell
- end
- fed
- fen
- fie
- fig
- fin
- gel
- gen
Reader questions
What does Fledgling mean?
A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
How many letters are in Fledgling?
Fledgling has 9 letters.
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