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What does locking mean? Is locking a Scrabble word?

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Is locking a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word locking is a Scrabble US word. The word locking is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

L1O1C3K5I1N1G2

Is locking a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word locking is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

L1O1C3K5I1N1G2

Is locking a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word locking is a Words With Friends word. The word locking is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2O1C4K5I1N2G3

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7-letter words (2 found)

CLOKING,LOCKING,

6-letter words (2 found)

COKING,INLOCK,

5-letter words (11 found)

CLING,CLINK,CLONK,COIGN,COLIN,INCOG,KLONG,LINGO,LOGIC,LOGIN,NICOL,

4-letter words (29 found)

CION,CLOG,CLON,COIL,COIN,CONI,CONK,GINK,GONK,ICON,IKON,INGO,KILN,KILO,KING,KINO,LICK,LING,LINK,LINO,LION,LOCI,LOCK,LOIN,LONG,NICK,NOCK,NOIL,OINK,

3-letter words (22 found)

CIG,COG,COL,CON,GIN,GIO,GON,ICK,ILK,ING,INK,ION,KIN,KOI,KON,LIG,LIN,LOG,NIL,NOG,OIK,OIL,

2-letter words (12 found)

GI,GO,IN,IO,KI,KO,LI,LO,NO,OI,OK,ON,

You can make 78 words from locking according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of locking

locking

Etymology

From lock +‎ -ing.

Noun

locking (plural lockings)

  1. gerund of lock: the act by which something is locked.
  2. (computing) The use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process.

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Verb

locking

  1. present participle and gerund of lock

Anagrams

  • cloking

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