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Is improving a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word improving is a Scrabble US word. The word improving is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

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Is improving a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word improving is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

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Is improving a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word improving is a Words With Friends word. The word improving is worth 22 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

IMPROVING,

7-letter words (4 found)

MIRVING,PRIMING,PROVING,ROMPING,

6-letter words (18 found)

IMPING,IMPROV,MIRING,MOPING,MOVING,ORIGIN,PIROGI,PORING,PROIGN,RIMING,RIPING,RIVING,ROPING,ROVING,VIRGIN,VIRING,VIRINO,VIRION,

5-letter words (20 found)

GIPON,GIRON,GROIN,IMINO,IMPRO,IRING,MINOR,MIRIN,OPING,ORPIN,PIING,PINGO,PIROG,PORIN,PRIMI,PRIMO,PRION,PROIN,PRONG,VIGOR,

4-letter words (40 found)

GIMP,GIRN,GIRO,GORI,GORM,GORP,GRIM,GRIN,GRIP,IMPI,INGO,INRO,IRON,MING,MINI,MINO,MIRI,MIRO,MIRV,MONG,MORN,NOIR,NORI,NORM,PING,PION,PIRN,PONG,PORN,PRIG,PRIM,PROG,PROM,RING,RIVO,ROIN,ROMP,RONG,VINO,VOIP,

3-letter words (39 found)

GIN,GIO,GIP,GON,GOR,GOV,IMP,ING,ION,MIG,MIR,MOG,MOI,MON,MOP,MOR,NIM,NIP,NOG,NOM,NOR,ORG,PIG,PIN,PIR,POI,POM,PRO,RIG,RIM,RIN,RIP,ROM,VIG,VIM,VIN,VOG,VOM,VOR,

2-letter words (14 found)

GI,GO,IN,IO,MI,MO,NO,OI,OM,ON,OP,OR,PI,PO,

You can make 136 words from improving according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of improving

improving

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɹuːvɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -uːvɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: im‧prov‧ing

Adjective

improving (comparative more improving, superlative most improving)

  1. That tends to improve someone or something (especially (dated) to educate or morally better a person).
    • 1663, Robert Boyle, Some Considerations Touching the Usefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, Oxford: Ric[hard] Davis, Essay 1, p. 2,[1]
      […] that Diviner part of Man, the Soule, which alone is capable of wearing the Glorious Image of its Author, being endowed with two chief Faculties, the Understanding and the Will; the former is blest and perfectionated by Knowledg, and the latter’s Loveliest and most improving property is Goodnesse.

Synonyms

  • edifying
  • uplifting

Derived terms

  • improvingly

Translations

Verb

improving

  1. present participle and gerund of improve

Source: wiktionary.org