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Is dating a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dating is a Scrabble US word. The word dating is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is dating a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dating is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is dating a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dating is a Words With Friends word. The word dating is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

DATING,

5-letter words (5 found)

DAINT,GIANT,IDANT,NGATI,TANGI,

4-letter words (23 found)

ADIT,AGIN,ANTI,DANG,DANT,DING,DINT,DITA,GADI,GAID,GAIN,GAIT,GANT,GNAT,IGAD,NGAI,TAIG,TAIN,TANG,TIAN,TINA,TIND,TING,

3-letter words (30 found)

AID,AIN,AIT,AND,ANI,ANT,DAG,DAN,DIG,DIN,DIT,GAD,GAN,GAT,GID,GIN,GIT,ING,ITA,NAG,NAT,NID,NIT,TAD,TAG,TAI,TAN,TID,TIG,TIN,

2-letter words (14 found)

AD,AG,AI,AN,AT,DA,DI,GI,ID,IN,IT,NA,TA,TI,

You can make 73 words from dating according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dating

dating

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈdeɪt.ɪŋ/
  • Hyphenation: dat‧ing
  • Rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ

Verb

dating

  1. present participle and gerund of date

Noun

dating (countable and uncountable, plural datings)

  1. A form of romantic courtship typically between two individuals with the aim of assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse.
  2. An estimation of the age of an artifact, biological vestige, linguistic usage, etc.
    • 1922 (July), A. E. Douglass, "Some aspects of the use of the annual rings of trees in climatic study". The Scientific Monthly 15(1): 5-21.
      A comparison in seven sequoias between very careful counting and accurate dating in 2,000 years shows an average counting error of 35 years, which is only 1.7 per cent.
  3. The setting of a date on which an event or transaction is to take place or take effect.

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Translations

Anagrams

  • dang it, dangit

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • rating — dialectal, Rizal

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datəŋ. Cognate with Ilocano dateng (“arrival”), Bikol Central datong (“to arrive”), and Malay datang (“to come”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daˈtiŋ/, [dɐˈtiŋ]
  • Hyphenation: da‧ting

Noun

datíng (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜆᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. arrival; advent
    Synonyms: pagsapit, pagdating, sapit, datal, pagdatal
  2. (colloquial) impact; effect; appeal (power to attract or interest)
  3. (euphemistic) menstrual period
    Synonyms: pagkakaregla, buwanang dalaw
  4. (slang) style; fashion
    Synonym: moda

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • tingad, dingat

Source: wiktionary.org