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Is setting a Scrabble word?

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

S1E1T1T1I1N1G2

Is setting a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1E1T1T1I1N1G2

Is setting a Words With Friends word?

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

S1E1T1T1I1N2G3

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7-letter words (2 found)

SETTING,TESTING,

6-letter words (6 found)

ETTINS,INGEST,SIGNET,SITTEN,STINGE,TINGES,

5-letter words (25 found)

ETTIN,GEIST,GEITS,GENTS,GITES,INSET,NEIST,NETTS,NITES,SEGNI,SENGI,SENTI,SIENT,SINGE,STEIN,STENT,STING,STINT,TEINS,TENTS,TIGES,TINES,TINGE,TINGS,TINTS,

4-letter words (49 found)

EGIS,ENGS,ENTS,GEIT,GENS,GENT,GEST,GETS,GIEN,GIES,GINS,GIST,GITE,GITS,INGS,NEGS,NEST,NETS,NETT,NIES,NITE,NITS,SENT,SETT,SIEN,SIGN,SINE,SING,SITE,SNIG,SNIT,STEN,STET,STIE,TEGS,TEIN,TENS,TENT,TEST,TETS,TIES,TIGE,TIGS,TINE,TING,TINS,TINT,TITE,TITS,

3-letter words (33 found)

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

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 128 words from setting according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of setting

setting

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛtɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ

Verb

setting

  1. present participle and gerund of set

Noun

setting (plural settings)

  1. The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
  2. The act of setting.
    the setting of the sun
    the setting, or hardening, of moist plaster of Paris
  3. A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
  4. A level or placement that a knob or control is set to.
    the volume setting on a television
  5. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
  6. Hunting with a setter.
  7. Something set in, or inserted.
  8. A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).
    Schubert's setting of Goethe's poem
    Bach's setting of the Magnificat
  9. The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.
  10. The direction of a current of wind.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

setting (comparative more setting, superlative most setting)

  1. that disappears below the horizon

Hyponyms

  • record-setting

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • testing, tingest

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English setting.

Noun

setting f or m (definite singular settinga or settingen, indefinite plural settinger, definite plural settingene)

  1. setting

References

  • “setting” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From setja +‎ -ing.

Alternative forms

  • setjing

Noun

setting f (definite singular settinga, indefinite plural settingar, definite plural settingane)

  1. the act of putting, setting (something somewhere)
  2. the manner of putting, setting (something somewhere)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English setting.

Noun

setting m (definite singular settingen, indefinite plural settingar, definite plural settingane)

  1. a setting (frame, background, context, scenario)

References

  • “setting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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