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Is bearing a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bearing is a Scrabble US word. The word bearing is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is bearing a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bearing is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

B3E1A1R1I1N1G2

Is bearing a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bearing is a Words With Friends word. The word bearing is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

BEARING,

6-letter words (10 found)

BANGER,BARING,BINGER,EARING,GAINER,GRABEN,GRAINE,REAGIN,REGAIN,REGINA,

5-letter words (33 found)

ABRIN,AGRIN,ANGER,BAGIE,BAIRN,BARGE,BEGAN,BEGAR,BEGIN,BEING,BENGA,BIGAE,BINER,BINGE,BRAIN,BRANE,BRINE,BRING,ERBIA,ERING,GARBE,GARNI,GIBER,GRAIN,GREIN,NIGER,RAINE,RANGE,RANGI,REGNA,REIGN,RENGA,RENIG,

4-letter words (66 found)

ABER,ABRI,AGEN,AGER,AGIN,AINE,AIRN,AREG,BANE,BANG,BANI,BARE,BARN,BEAN,BEAR,BEIN,BENI,BERG,BIEN,BIER,BIGA,BINE,BING,BRAE,BRAG,BRAN,BREI,BREN,BRIE,BRIG,BRIN,EARN,EINA,GAEN,GAIN,GAIR,GANE,GARB,GARE,GARI,GEAN,GEAR,GENA,GIBE,GIEN,GIRN,GNAR,GRAB,GRAN,GREN,GRIN,NABE,NARE,NEAR,NGAI,RABI,RAGE,RAGI,RAIN,RANG,RANI,REAN,REIN,RIBA,RINE,RING,

3-letter words (51 found)

AGE,AIN,AIR,ANE,ANI,ARB,ARE,BAE,BAG,BAN,BAR,BEG,BEN,BIG,BIN,BRA,EAN,EAR,ENG,ERA,ERG,ERN,GAB,GAE,GAN,GAR,GEN,GER,GIB,GIE,GIN,ING,IRE,NAB,NAE,NAG,NEB,NEG,NIB,NIE,RAG,RAI,RAN,REB,REG,REI,REN,RIA,RIB,RIG,RIN,

2-letter words (17 found)

AB,AE,AG,AI,AN,AR,BA,BE,BI,EA,EN,ER,GI,IN,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 179 words from bearing according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bearing

bearing

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɛə̯ɹɪŋ/
  • (US) enPR: bâr'ĭng IPA(key): /ˈbɛɹɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English beringe, berynge, berende, berande, berand, from Old English berende (“bearing; fruitful”) (also as synonym Old English bǣrende), from Proto-Germanic *berandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear; carry”), equivalent to bear +‎ -ing.

Verb

bearing

  1. present participle and gerund of bear

Adjective

bearing (not comparable)

  1. (in combination) That bears (some specified thing).
    a gift-bearing visitor
  2. Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.
    That's a bearing wall.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English bering, beringe, berynge, equivalent to bear +‎ -ing.

Noun

bearing (plural bearings)

  1. (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.
  2. (navigation, nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.
  3. (in the plural, especially in phrases such as 'get one's bearings') One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively.
    Do we go left here or straight on? Hold on, let me just get my bearings.
    I started a new job last week, and I still haven't quite found my bearings.
  4. Relevance; a relationship or connection.
    That has no bearing on this issue.
  5. One's posture, demeanor, or manner.
    She walks with a confident, self-assured bearing.
  6. (architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.
    A lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.
  7. (architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
  8. (architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.
    The beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.
  9. (heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.
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See also
  • ABEC

References

  • bearing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “bearing”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Binegar, bangier, barge in

Source: wiktionary.org