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Is arming a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word arming is a Scrabble US word. The word arming is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is arming a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word arming is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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6-letter words (3 found)

ARMING,INGRAM,MARGIN,

5-letter words (8 found)

AGRIN,GAMIN,GARNI,GRAIN,INARM,MINAR,RAMIN,RANGI,

4-letter words (29 found)

AGIN,AIRN,AMIN,AMIR,GAIN,GAIR,GARI,GIRN,GNAR,GRAM,GRAN,GRIM,GRIN,MAGI,MAIN,MAIR,MANG,MANI,MARG,MINA,MING,NGAI,RAGI,RAIN,RAMI,RANG,RANI,RIMA,RING,

3-letter words (28 found)

AIM,AIN,AIR,AMI,ANI,ARM,GAM,GAN,GAR,GIN,ING,MAG,MAN,MAR,MIG,MIR,MNA,NAG,NAM,NIM,RAG,RAI,RAM,RAN,RIA,RIG,RIM,RIN,

2-letter words (10 found)

AG,AI,AM,AN,AR,GI,IN,MA,MI,NA,

You can make 78 words from arming according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of arming

arming

Verb

arming

  1. present participle and gerund of arm

Noun

arming (plural armings)

  1. The act of supplying (oneself or others) with armor and (now especially) arms and ammunition in preparation for a conflict; the act of providing with the means of defense and attack.
    1. (in particular, especially in compounds) The affixing and securing on of armor.
      arming buckle, arming doublet, arming garments (garments for anchoring armor to), arming harness, arming jacket, arming nail, arming point, arming straps (for securing armor)
  2. The act of supplying with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task.
  3. The act of preparing a tool or a weapon for action; activation.
  4. (nautical) A piece of tallow or soap put in the cavity and over the bottom of a sounding lead to pick up samples of the bottom of the sea.
  5. (nautical, chiefly in the plural) One of the red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays, or used as a visual screen during times of action.

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References

  • Noah Webster (1828) An American Dictionary of the English Language: “Equipping with arms; providing with the means of defense or attack; also, preparing for resistance in a moral sense.”
  • FM 55-501 Marine Crewman’s Handbook

Anagrams

  • Ingram, Maring, margin, raming

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the adjective arm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɑrmɪŋ/

Noun

arming m (definite singular armingen, indefinite plural armingar, definite plural armingane)

  1. A pitiful person, someone who is to be pitied.

Further reading

  • “arming” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From arm +‎ -ing.

Noun

arming m

  1. poor or miserable person

Declension

References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Source: wiktionary.org