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Is riding a Scrabble word?

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

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Is riding a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1I1D2I1N1G2

Is riding a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word riding is a Words With Friends word. The word riding is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1I1D2I1N2G3

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6-letter words (1 found)

RIDING,

5-letter words (4 found)

GRIND,INDRI,IRING,RIGID,

4-letter words (9 found)

DING,GIRD,GIRN,GRID,GRIN,IRID,NIDI,RIND,RING,

3-letter words (9 found)

DIG,DIN,GID,GIN,ING,NID,RID,RIG,RIN,

2-letter words (4 found)

DI,GI,ID,IN,

You can make 27 words from riding according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of riding

riding

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪdɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: rid‧ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English rydyng; equivalent to ride +‎ -ing.

Verb

riding

  1. present participle and gerund of ride

Noun

riding (countable and uncountable, plural ridings)

  1. A path cut through woodland.
  2. The act of one who rides; a mounted excursion.
  3. The behaviour in the motion of a vehicle, such as oscillation.
  4. (obsolete) A festival procession.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From trithing (initial /t/ absorbed into preceding north, south, east, west, inner ⟨th⟩ already sometimes /d/ in Middle English), from Middle English trithing, tridinge, from Old English *þriðing, from Old Norse þriðjungr (“third part”), from Proto-Germanic *þridjô (“third”) (English third). Equivalent to third +‎ -ing; compare with farthing (“fourth part”). Cognate with English trithing.

The folk etymology that connects the term to the area a horse-rider could cover in a single day is incorrect, but may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation.

Noun

riding (plural ridings)

  1. (historical) Any of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern counties of England.
  2. (Canada) Electoral district or constituency.
Derived terms
  • East Riding, East Riding of Yorkshire
  • North Riding, North Riding of Yorkshire
  • (Canada) riding association
  • West Riding, West Riding of Yorkshire
Translations

See also

  • wapentake

Anagrams

  • Ingrid, grid-in

Middle English

Noun

riding

  1. Alternative form of rydyng
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Source: wiktionary.org