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Is casting a Scrabble UK word?

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

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7-letter words (2 found)

ACTINGS,CASTING,

6-letter words (11 found)

ACTING,ACTINS,ANTICS,CASING,GAINST,GIANTS,NASTIC,NGATIS,SATING,TANGIS,TASING,

5-letter words (32 found)

ACING,ACTIN,AGIST,ANGST,ANTIC,ANTIS,CAINS,CANGS,CANST,CANTS,GAINS,GAITS,GANTS,GIANT,GNATS,NATIS,NGATI,SAINT,SATIN,SCANT,SIGNA,STAIG,STAIN,STANG,STING,TAIGS,TAINS,TANGI,TANGS,TIANS,TINAS,TINGS,

4-letter words (61 found)

ACTS,AGIN,AINS,AITS,ANIS,ANTI,ANTS,ASCI,CAGS,CAIN,CANG,CANS,CANT,CAST,CATS,CIGS,CIST,CITS,GAIN,GAIT,GANS,GANT,GAST,GATS,GINS,GIST,GITS,GNAT,INGS,ISNA,ITAS,NAGS,NATS,NGAI,NITS,SAIC,SAIN,SANG,SANT,SATI,SCAG,SCAN,SCAT,SIGN,SING,SNAG,SNIG,SNIT,STAG,TAGS,TAIG,TAIN,TAIS,TANG,TANS,TIAN,TICS,TIGS,TINA,TING,TINS,

3-letter words (47 found)

ACT,AGS,AIN,AIS,AIT,ANI,ANS,ANT,ATS,CAG,CAN,CAT,CIG,CIS,CIT,GAN,GAS,GAT,GIN,GIS,GIT,ING,INS,ITA,ITS,NAG,NAS,NAT,NIS,NIT,SAC,SAG,SAI,SAN,SAT,SIC,SIG,SIN,SIT,TAG,TAI,TAN,TAS,TIC,TIG,TIN,TIS,

2-letter words (14 found)

AG,AI,AN,AS,AT,GI,IN,IS,IT,NA,SI,ST,TA,TI,

You can make 167 words from casting according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of casting

casting

Pronunciation

  • (General American): enPR: kăstʹĭng, IPA(key): /ˈkæstɪŋ/
  • (Received Pronunciation): enPR: kästʹĭng, IPA(key): /ˈkɑːstɪŋ/
  • (Northern England): IPA(key): /ˈkastɪŋ/
  • (NYC): IPA(key): /ˈkɛəstɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːstɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: cast‧ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English castynge, castand, equivalent to cast +‎ -ing.

Verb

casting

  1. present participle and gerund of cast

Etymology 2

From Middle English castyng, castinge, equivalent to cast +‎ -ing.

Noun

casting (countable and uncountable, plural castings)

  1. The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
  2. A manufacturing process using a mold.
  3. (countable) An object made in a mold.
  4. The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.[W]
  5. The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
  6. (programming) The act of converting between data types.
  7. (hunting) Of hounds, the act of spreading out and searching for a scent.
Synonyms
  • (selection of performers): audition
Derived terms
Translations

Anagrams

  • actings

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from English casting.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kas̺tin/ [kas̺.t̪ĩn]
  • Rhymes: -as̺tin
  • Hyphenation: cas‧ting

Noun

casting inan

  1. casting (process of selecting actors)

Declension

Further reading

  • "casting" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English casting.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kas.tiŋ/

Noun

casting m (plural castings)

  1. casting (selection of actors)

Further reading

  • “casting”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English casting.

Noun

casting m (invariable)

  1. casting (selection of actors)

Polish

Alternative forms

  • kasting

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English casting.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkas.tiŋk/
  • Rhymes: -astiŋk
  • Syllabification: cas‧ting

Noun

casting m inan (related adjective castingowy)

  1. audition, casting (performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent)
    Synonym: przesłuchanie

Declension

Further reading

  • casting in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • casting in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English casting.

Noun

casting n (uncountable)

  1. casting

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • cásting (nonstandard)
  • castin

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English casting.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkastin/ [ˈkas.t̪ĩn]
  • Rhymes: -astin

Noun

casting m (plural castings)

  1. casting

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

  • “casting”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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