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Is nesting a Scrabble word?

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

N1E1S1T1I1N1G2

Is nesting a Scrabble UK word?

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

N1E1S1T1I1N1G2

Is nesting a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word nesting is a Words With Friends word. The word nesting is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

N2E1S1T1I1N2G3

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7-letter words (3 found)

NESTING,SENTING,TENSING,

6-letter words (8 found)

ENSIGN,INGEST,SENNIT,SIGNET,SINNET,STINGE,TENNIS,TINGES,

5-letter words (20 found)

GEIST,GEITS,GENTS,GITES,INSET,NEIST,NINES,NITES,SEGNI,SENGI,SENTI,SIENT,SINGE,STEIN,STING,TEINS,TIGES,TINES,TINGE,TINGS,

4-letter words (43 found)

EGIS,ENGS,ENTS,GEIT,GENS,GENT,GEST,GETS,GIEN,GIES,GINN,GINS,GIST,GITE,GITS,INGS,INNS,NEGS,NEST,NETS,NIES,NINE,NITE,NITS,SENT,SIEN,SIGN,SINE,SING,SITE,SNIG,SNIT,STEN,STIE,TEGS,TEIN,TENS,TIES,TIGE,TIGS,TINE,TING,TINS,

3-letter words (32 found)

ENG,ENS,EST,GEN,GET,GIE,GIN,GIS,GIT,ING,INN,INS,ITS,NEG,NET,NIE,NIS,NIT,SEG,SEI,SEN,SET,SIG,SIN,SIT,TEG,TEN,TES,TIE,TIG,TIN,TIS,

2-letter words (12 found)

EN,ES,ET,GI,IN,IS,IT,NE,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 119 words from nesting according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nesting

nesting

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛstɪŋ/
  • Hyphenation: nest‧ing

Verb

nesting

  1. present participle and gerund of nest

Noun

nesting (countable and uncountable, plural nestings)

  1. The process by which a bird nests.
    Synonym: nestage
  2. An arrangement by which one thing is nested inside another.
  4. (programming) The enclosure of one self-contained element of code inside another.
    Synonym: imbrication

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Translations

Anagrams

  • Tingens, ginnets, gnetins, tensing

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