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What does cooking mean? Is cooking a Scrabble word?

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Is cooking a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cooking is a Scrabble US word. The word cooking is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is cooking a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cooking is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

C3O1O1K5I1N1G2

Is cooking a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word cooking is a Words With Friends word. The word cooking is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4O1O1K5I1N2G3

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7-letter words (1 found)

COOKING,

6-letter words (2 found)

COKING,COOING,

5-letter words (4 found)

COGON,COIGN,CONGO,INCOG,

4-letter words (19 found)

CION,COIN,CONI,CONK,COOK,COON,GINK,GONK,GOOK,GOON,ICON,IKON,INGO,KING,KINO,NICK,NOCK,NOOK,OINK,

3-letter words (20 found)

CIG,COG,CON,COO,GIN,GIO,GON,GOO,ICK,ING,INK,ION,KIN,KOI,KON,NOG,NOO,OIK,ONO,OON,

2-letter words (11 found)

GI,GO,IN,IO,KI,KO,NO,OI,OK,ON,OO,

You can make 57 words from cooking according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cooking

cooking

Etymology

From cook +‎ -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb. The use of the word cooking to describe cheap bitter was popularised by the title character of the BBC sitcom Oh No, It’s Selwyn Froggitt (1974-1978).

Pronunciation

  • (US, UK) IPA(key): /ˈkʊk.ɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ʊkɪŋ

Noun

cooking (countable and uncountable, plural cookings)

  1. (uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.
  2. (countable, rare) An instance of preparing food by using heat.
  3. The result of preparing food by using heat.
    1. (uncountable) One's ability to prepare food; cookery.
      My cooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal.
      I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university.
    2. (uncountable) The style or genre of food preparation.
      What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.
  4. (uncountable) The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house; cooking bitter or cooking lager.

Synonyms

  • (skill or style of food preparation): See culinary art

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Japanese: クッキング (kukkingu)

Translations

Adjective

cooking (not comparable)

  1. Designed or suitable for culinary purposes.
  2. (informal) In progress, happening.
    The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking.
  3. (of an alcoholic drink) Cheap; better suited for use in recipes than drinking.

Verb

cooking

  1. present participle and gerund of cook

References

  • “cooking”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Source: wiktionary.org