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Is flying a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word flying is a Scrabble US word. The word flying is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is flying a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word flying is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

F4L1Y4I1N1G2

Is flying a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word flying is a Words With Friends word. The word flying is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

FLYING,

5-letter words (3 found)

FLING,LINGY,LYING,

4-letter words (3 found)

INLY,LING,LINY,

3-letter words (11 found)

FIG,FIL,FIN,FLY,GIF,GIN,ING,LIG,LIN,NIL,YIN,

2-letter words (6 found)

FY,GI,IF,IN,LI,NY,

You can make 24 words from flying according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of flying

flying

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: fly‧ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English fleynge, fleeʒinge, flihinde, vlyinde, vleoinde, flyand, ffleghand, flighand (also fleoninde, fleonninde, etc.), from Old English flēogende, from Proto-Germanic *fleugandz (“flying”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”), equivalent to fly +‎ -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian fljoogend (“flying”), West Frisian fleanend (“flying”), Dutch vliegend (“flying”), German Low German flegend (“flying”), German fliegend (“flying”), Danish flyvende (“flying”), Swedish flygande (“flying”), Icelandic fljúgandi (“flying”).

Adjective

flying (not comparable)

  1. That flies or can fly.
    flying fox
    a flying rumour
  2. Brief or hurried.
    flying visit
  3. Capable of speed
  4. (nautical, of a sail) Not secured by yards.
  5. (nautical, of a vessel) Capable of foiling.
  6. Designating a cattle brand consisting of a letter extended on both sides with tilde-like curved lines.
    Coordinate term: lazy
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Verb

flying

  1. present participle and gerund of fly

Etymology 2

From Middle English flyinge, fleyng, fleyinge, fleynge, fleghyng, fleiʒeyng, flyeghynge, equivalent to fly +‎ -ing. Cognate with Danish flyvning (“flying”), Swedish flygning (“flying”), Norwegian flyvning, flygning, flyging, flying (“flying”).

Noun

flying (countable and uncountable, plural flyings)

  1. (countable, aviation) An act of flight.
  2. (uncountable, aerodynamics) The action or process of sustained motion through the air.
  3. (uncountable, nautical) The action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water.
    Synonyms: foiling, hydrofoiling
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Source: wiktionary.org