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Is hireling a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hireling is a Scrabble US word. The word hireling is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

H4I1R1E1L1I1N1G2

Is hireling a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hireling is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

H4I1R1E1L1I1N1G2

Is hireling a Words With Friends word?

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

H3I1R1E1L2I1N2G3

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8-letter words (1 found)

HIRELING,

7-letter words (7 found)

GHRELIN,HEILING,HEIRING,HERLING,HIRLING,LEIRING,LINGIER,

6-letter words (15 found)

GIRLIE,GIRNEL,GIRNIE,HELING,HIEING,HINGER,HIRING,INLIER,LERING,LINGER,LINIER,NIGHER,NIRLIE,RIGLIN,RILING,

5-letter words (16 found)

EHING,ERING,GENII,GREIN,HINGE,INGLE,IRING,LIGER,LIGNE,LINER,NEIGH,NIGER,NIHIL,REIGN,RENIG,RHINE,

4-letter words (31 found)

ELHI,GIEN,GIRL,GIRN,GLEI,GLEN,GREN,GRIN,HEIL,HEIR,HERL,HERN,HILI,HING,HIRE,LEHR,LEIR,LENG,LIEN,LIER,LINE,LING,LIRE,LIRI,NIGH,NIRL,REIN,RIEL,RILE,RINE,RING,

3-letter words (29 found)

ENG,ERG,ERN,GEL,GEN,GER,GHI,GIE,GIN,HEN,HER,HIE,HIN,ING,IRE,LEG,LEI,LIE,LIG,LIN,NEG,NIE,NIL,REG,REH,REI,REN,RIG,RIN,

2-letter words (11 found)

EH,EL,EN,ER,GI,HE,HI,IN,LI,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 111 words from hireling according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hireling

hireling

Etymology

From Middle English hirlyng, from Old English hȳrling (“hireling, employee”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūʀijuling. Cognate with West Frisian hierling, Dutch huurling (“hireling, mercenary”), German Low German Hüürling, German Heuerling.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ.ə.lɪŋ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪɹˌlɪŋ/

Noun

hireling (plural hirelings)

  1. (usually derogatory) An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.
  2. (usually derogatory) Someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself.
  3. A horse for hire.
  4. (obsolete) A prostitute.

Synonyms

  • flunky
  • lackey
  • mercenary

Translations

See also

  • underling

Source: wiktionary.org