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Is telling a Scrabble word?

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

T1E1L1L1I1N1G2

Is telling a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1E1L1L1I1N1G2

Is telling a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word telling is a Words With Friends word. The word telling is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1E1L2L2I1N2G3

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7-letter words (2 found)

GILLNET,TELLING,

6-letter words (10 found)

ENGILT,GENTIL,GILLET,LEGLIN,LENTIL,LINGEL,LINGLE,LINTEL,TELLIN,TINGLE,

5-letter words (12 found)

ELINT,ENLIT,GILET,GLENT,GLINT,INGLE,INLET,INTEL,LEGIT,LENTI,LIGNE,TINGE,

4-letter words (28 found)

GEIT,GELT,GENT,GIEN,GILL,GILT,GITE,GLEI,GLEN,GLIT,LENG,LENT,LIEN,LILT,LINE,LING,LINT,LITE,NILL,NITE,TEIL,TEIN,TELL,TIGE,TILE,TILL,TINE,TING,

3-letter words (30 found)

ELL,ELT,ENG,GEL,GEN,GET,GIE,GIN,GIT,ILL,ING,LEG,LEI,LET,LIE,LIG,LIN,LIT,NEG,NET,NIE,NIL,NIT,TEG,TEL,TEN,TIE,TIG,TIL,TIN,

2-letter words (10 found)

EL,EN,ET,GI,IN,IT,LI,NE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 93 words from telling according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of telling

telling

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛlɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlɪŋ

Etymology 1

Verb

telling

  1. present participle and gerund of tell

Adjective

telling (comparative more telling, superlative most telling)

  2. Having force, or having a marked effect; weighty, effective.
  4. Revealing information; bearing significance.
  6. Serving to convince.
Translations

Derived terms

  • tellingly
  • tellingness

Etymology 2

Gerund from the verb tell, from tell +‎ -ing.

Noun

telling (countable and uncountable, plural tellings)

  1. The act of narration.
  2. The disclosure of information.
  3. (archaic) Counting, numbering.
  4. (chiefly in the negative) Ability to determine.
Synonyms
  • (counting, numbering): enumeration; see also Thesaurus:counting
Derived terms

Anagrams

  • gillnet

Dutch

Etymology

From tellen +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tel‧ling

Noun

telling f (plural tellingen, diminutive tellinkje n)

  1. counting, count

Derived terms

  • jaartelling

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From telle +‎ -ing.

Noun

telling f or m (definite singular tellinga or tellingen, indefinite plural tellinger, definite plural tellingene)

  1. counting, a count (act of counting)

Derived terms

  • folketelling
  • nedtelling

See also

  • teljing (Nynorsk)

References

  • “telling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “telling” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

West Frisian

Etymology

From telle +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛlɪŋ/

Noun

telling c (plural tellingen)

  1. counting, count

Derived terms

  • jiertelling

Further reading

  • “telling”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Source: wiktionary.org