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What does hinting mean? Is hinting a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is hinting worth? hinting how many points in Words With Friends? What does hinting mean? Get all these answers on this page.

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Is hinting a Scrabble word?

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

H4I1N1T1I1N1G2

Is hinting a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4I1N1T1I1N1G2

Is hinting a Words With Friends word?

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

H3I1N2T1I1N2G3

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7-letter words (2 found)

HINTING,NITHING,

6-letter words (1 found)

TINING,

5-letter words (4 found)

INNIT,NIGHT,NINTH,THING,

4-letter words (8 found)

GINN,HING,HINT,INTI,NIGH,THIG,THIN,TING,

3-letter words (11 found)

GHI,GIN,GIT,HIN,HIT,ING,INN,NIT,NTH,TIG,TIN,

2-letter words (5 found)

GI,HI,IN,IT,TI,

You can make 31 words from hinting according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hinting

hinting

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪntɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪntɪŋ

Noun

hinting (countable and uncountable, plural hintings)

  1. The act of giving a hint or suggestion.
  2. (typography) The process of adding hints to a computer-based font in order to align the glyphs to a rasterized grid at specific sizes in a visually appealing manner.

Derived terms

  • type hinting

See also

  • antialiasing

Verb

hinting

  1. present participle and gerund of hint

Anagrams

  • nithing

Source: wiktionary.org