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Is gelding a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gelding is a Scrabble US word. The word gelding is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

G2E1L1D2I1N1G2

Is gelding a Scrabble UK word?

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

G2E1L1D2I1N1G2

Is gelding a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gelding is a Words With Friends word. The word gelding is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3E1L2D2I1N2G3

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7-letter words (2 found)

GELDING,NIGGLED,

6-letter words (9 found)

DINGLE,EDGING,ELDING,ENGILD,GILDEN,GINGLE,LEGGIN,LIGGED,NIGGLE,

5-letter words (11 found)

DEIGN,DINGE,ELDIN,GELID,GINGE,GLIDE,IGGED,INGLE,LIGGE,LIGNE,LINED,

4-letter words (27 found)

DEIL,DELI,DENI,DIEL,DINE,DING,EILD,GELD,GIED,GIEN,GILD,GING,GLED,GLEG,GLEI,GLEN,GLID,IDLE,LEND,LENG,LIED,LIEN,LIND,LINE,LING,NIDE,NIED,

3-letter words (33 found)

DEG,DEI,DEL,DEN,DIE,DIG,DIN,EGG,ELD,END,ENG,GED,GEL,GEN,GID,GIE,GIG,GIN,IDE,IGG,ING,LED,LEG,LEI,LID,LIE,LIG,LIN,NED,NEG,NID,NIE,NIL,

2-letter words (10 found)

DE,DI,ED,EL,EN,GI,ID,IN,LI,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 93 words from gelding according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gelding

gelding

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛldɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛldɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English geldyng (“eunuch”), from Old Norse geldingr (“wether, eunuch”), from gelda (“to castrate”). By surface analysis, geld (“to castrate”) +‎ -ing (diminutive suffix).

Noun

gelding (plural geldings)

  1. A castrated male horse.
  2. Any castrated male animal.
Translations

Etymology 2

From geld +‎ -ing.

Verb

gelding

  1. present participle and gerund of geld

Anagrams

  • Gedling, gingled, ledging, niggled

Icelandic

Etymology

From gelda (“to geld, to castrate”) +‎ -ing (“-ing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcɛltiŋk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛltiŋk

Noun

gelding f (genitive singular geldingar, nominative plural geldingar)

  1. castration, gelding

Declension

Related terms

  • gelda (“to geld, to castrate”)
  • geldingur (“gelding, wether”)

Source: wiktionary.org