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What does tailing mean? Is tailing a Scrabble word?

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Is tailing a Scrabble word?

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

T1A1I1L1I1N1G2

Is tailing a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1A1I1L1I1N1G2

Is tailing a Words With Friends word?

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

T1A1I1L2I1N2G3

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7-letter words (2 found)

INTAGLI,TAILING,

6-letter words (4 found)

AILING,LITING,NILGAI,TILING,

5-letter words (12 found)

ALGIN,ALIGN,ATIGI,GIANT,GLINT,INTIL,LIANG,LIGAN,LINGA,LITAI,NGATI,TANGI,

4-letter words (31 found)

AGIN,ALIT,ANIL,ANTI,GAIN,GAIT,GANT,GILA,GILT,GLIA,GLIT,GNAT,ILIA,INIA,INTI,LAIN,LANG,LANT,LATI,LING,LINT,NAIL,NGAI,TAIG,TAIL,TAIN,TALI,TANG,TIAN,TINA,TING,

3-letter words (28 found)

AIL,AIN,AIT,ALT,ANI,ANT,GAL,GAN,GAT,GIN,GIT,ING,ITA,LAG,LAT,LIG,LIN,LIT,NAG,NAT,NIL,NIT,TAG,TAI,TAN,TIG,TIL,TIN,

2-letter words (13 found)

AG,AI,AL,AN,AT,GI,IN,IT,LA,LI,NA,TA,TI,

You can make 90 words from tailing according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tailing

tailing

Verb

tailing

  1. present participle and gerund of tail

Noun

tailing (plural tailings)

  1. The act of following someone.
  2. (architecture) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
  3. (obsolete) sexual intercourse(Can we verify(+) this sense?)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
  4. (obsolete) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
  5. A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.

See also

  • tailings

See also

  • e-tailing

References

  • “tailing”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • gitalin, iligant, intagli

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