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What does leaning mean? Is leaning a Scrabble word?

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Is leaning a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word leaning is a Scrabble US word. The word leaning is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

L1E1A1N1I1N1G2

Is leaning a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word leaning is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

L1E1A1N1I1N1G2

Is leaning a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word leaning is a Words With Friends word. The word leaning is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2E1A1N2I1N2G3

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7-letter words (4 found)

ANELING,EANLING,LEANING,NEALING,

6-letter words (7 found)

EALING,EANING,GENIAL,GINNEL,INNAGE,LIGNAN,LINAGE,

5-letter words (20 found)

AGILE,ALGIN,ALIEN,ALIGN,ALINE,ANGEL,ANGLE,ANILE,ELAIN,GENAL,GLEAN,INANE,INGAN,INGLE,LIANE,LIANG,LIGAN,LIGNE,LINEN,LINGA,

4-letter words (37 found)

AGEN,AGIN,AINE,ANIL,EGAL,EINA,ELAN,GAEN,GAIN,GALE,GANE,GEAL,GEAN,GENA,GIEN,GILA,GINN,GLEI,GLEN,GLIA,ILEA,LAIN,LANE,LANG,LEAN,LENG,LIEN,LINE,LING,LINN,NAIL,NAIN,NANE,NANG,NEAL,NGAI,NINE,

3-letter words (31 found)

AGE,AIL,AIN,ALE,ANE,ANI,ANN,EAN,ENG,GAE,GAL,GAN,GEL,GEN,GIE,GIN,ING,INN,LAG,LEA,LEG,LEI,LIE,LIG,LIN,NAE,NAG,NAN,NEG,NIE,NIL,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AG,AI,AL,AN,EA,EL,EN,GI,IN,LA,LI,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 114 words from leaning according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of leaning

leaning

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːnɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -iːnɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: lean‧ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English lening, leninge, from Old English hlinung (“leaning; resting; place of rest”), equivalent to lean +‎ -ing.

Noun

leaning (plural leanings)

  1. A tendency or propensity.
    a man of socialist leanings
Translations

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

leaning

  1. present participle and gerund of lean

Anagrams

  • aneling, eanling, lignane, nealing

Source: wiktionary.org