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Is boxing a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word boxing is a Scrabble US word. The word boxing is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is boxing a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word boxing is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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Yes. The word boxing is a Words With Friends word. The word boxing is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

BOXING,

5-letter words (3 found)

BINGO,BOING,INBOX,

4-letter words (5 found)

BING,BIOG,BONG,GOBI,INGO,

3-letter words (21 found)

BIG,BIN,BIO,BOG,BOI,BON,BOX,GIB,GIN,GIO,GOB,GON,GOX,ING,ION,NIB,NIX,NOB,NOG,NOX,OBI,

2-letter words (12 found)

BI,BO,GI,GO,IN,IO,NO,OB,OI,ON,OX,XI,

You can make 42 words from boxing according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of boxing

boxing

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɒksɪŋ/
  • (General American) enPR: bäksʹĭng, IPA(key): /ˈbɑːksɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒksɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: box‧ing

Etymology 1

From box (“to punch”) +‎ -ing.

Verb

boxing

  1. present participle and gerund of box

Noun

boxing (uncountable)

  1. (sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
Synonyms
  • (sports): fisticuffs, pugilism, sparring
Hyponyms
  • kickboxing
  • shadowboxing
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See also
  • boxing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

  • boxing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From box +‎ -ing.

Noun

boxing (plural boxings)

  1. Material used for making boxes or casing.
  2. (construction) Casing.
  3. (object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “programming”): unboxing
Hyponyms
  • autoboxing
Derived terms
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Verb

boxing

  1. present participle and gerund of box

Source: wiktionary.org