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Is footing a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word footing is a Scrabble US word. The word footing is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is footing a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word footing is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

F4O1O1T1I1N1G2

Is footing a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word footing is a Words With Friends word. The word footing is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

F4O1O1T1I1N2G3

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7-letter words (1 found)

FOOTING,

5-letter words (6 found)

GONIF,GONOF,INGOT,NOOIT,TIGON,TOING,

4-letter words (18 found)

FIGO,FINO,FOIN,FONT,FOOT,GIFT,GOOF,GOON,INFO,INGO,INTO,OINT,ONTO,OONT,TIFO,TING,TONG,TOON,

3-letter words (29 found)

FIG,FIN,FIT,FOG,FON,FOO,GIF,GIN,GIO,GIT,GON,GOO,GOT,ING,ION,NIT,NOG,NOO,NOT,OFT,ONO,OOF,OON,OOT,TIG,TIN,TOG,TON,TOO,

2-letter words (13 found)

GI,GO,IF,IN,IO,IT,NO,OF,OI,ON,OO,TI,TO,

You can make 67 words from footing according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of footing

footing

Etymology

From Middle English fotyng; equivalent to foot +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʊtɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ʊtɪŋ

Noun

footing (countable and uncountable, plural footings)

  1. A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
  2. A standing; position; established place; foothold.
  3. A relative condition; state.
  4. (dated) A tread; step; especially, a measured tread.
  5. (rare) A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
  6. Stability or balance when standing on one's feet.
  7. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
  8. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot
  9. A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
  10. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.
  11. (architecture, engineering) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
  12. (accounting) A double-check of the numbers vertically.

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Verb

footing

  1. present participle and gerund of foot

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French

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, from English foot (“foot, to walk”) +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fu.tiŋ/

Noun

footing m (uncountable)

  1. (France) exercise walking, jogging (as a form of exercise)
    Synonym: jogging
    • 2014, Erin McCahan, Cool, Sweet, Hot, Love, Nathan (publ.), page 8.

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

From French footing, pseudo-anglicism, from English foot (“foot, to walk”) +‎ -ing.

Noun

footing m (uncountable)

  1. jogging (as a form of exercise), running

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French footing, and this a pseudo-anglicism.

Pronunciation

Noun

footing m (invariable)

  1. jogging

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French footing, and this a pseudo-anglicism, from English foot (“foot, to walk”) +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfutin/ [ˈfu.t̪ĩn]
  • Rhymes: -utin

Noun

footing m (uncountable)

  1. jogging (as a form of exercise), running

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

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

Source: wiktionary.org