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Is offing a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word offing is a Scrabble US word. The word offing is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is offing a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word offing is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

O1F4F4I1N1G2

Is offing a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word offing is a Words With Friends word. The word offing is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

O1F4F4I1N2G3

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6-letter words (2 found)

GONIFF,OFFING,

5-letter words (1 found)

GONIF,

4-letter words (7 found)

FIGO,FINO,FOIN,GOFF,INFO,INGO,NIFF,

3-letter words (13 found)

FIG,FIN,FOG,FON,GIF,GIN,GIO,GON,IFF,ING,ION,NOG,OFF,

2-letter words (9 found)

GI,GO,IF,IN,IO,NO,OF,OI,ON,

You can make 32 words from offing according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of offing

offing

Etymology

off +‎ ing. Attested since the 1620s. Early texts also spell the term offin and offen.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒfɪŋ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔfɪŋ/, /ˈɑfɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒfɪŋ, -ɔːfɪŋ

Noun

offing (plural offings)

  1. (nautical) The area of the sea in which a ship can be seen in the distance from land, excluding the parts nearest the shore, and beyond the anchoring ground.
    • 1610, Samuel Argall, quoted 1625, by Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes, p84
      I came to an Anchor in seven fathomes water in the offing to Sea.
  2. (nautical) The distance that a ship at sea keeps away from land, often because of navigational dangers, fog and other hazards; a position at a distance from shore.
    • 1768-71, published 1893, James Cook, Captain Cook's Journal, First Voyage, chapter 8
      However, what with the help of this Ebb, and our Boats, we by Noon had got an Offing of 1 1/2 or 2 Miles, yet we could hardly flatter ourselves with hopes of getting Clear […]
  3. (figuratively) The foreseeable future. Chiefly in the phrase in the offing.

Coordinate terms

  • (nautical range of sight): ken

Derived terms

  • in the offing

Verb

offing

  1. present participle and gerund of off

Anagrams

  • goniff

Source: wiktionary.org