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Is tithing a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tithing is a Scrabble US word. The word tithing is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

T1I1T1H4I1N1G2

Is tithing a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tithing is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

T1I1T1H4I1N1G2

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

T1I1T1H3I1N2G3

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7-letter words (2 found)

HITTING,TITHING,

6-letter words (1 found)

GITTIN,

5-letter words (3 found)

NIGHT,THING,TIGHT,

4-letter words (9 found)

HING,HINT,INTI,NIGH,THIG,THIN,TING,TINT,TITI,

3-letter words (11 found)

GHI,GIN,GIT,HIN,HIT,ING,NIT,NTH,TIG,TIN,TIT,

2-letter words (5 found)

GI,HI,IN,IT,TI,

You can make 31 words from tithing according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tithing

tithing

Etymology

From Middle English tithyng, from Old English tēoþung or tēoðung, from tēoða (“tithe, n.”) + -ing (“forming patronymics & diminutives”) and tēoðian (“tithe, v.”) + -ung (“forming verbal nouns”). Equivalent to tithe +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪðɪŋ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪðɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪðɪŋ

Noun

tithing (plural tithings)

  1. A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):
    1. The tithe given as an offering to the church.
    2. The payment of tithes.
    3. The collection of tithes.
  2. (dialectal) Ten sheaves of wheat (originally set up as such for the tithe-proctor).
  3. (historical, law) A body of households (originally a tenth of a hundred or ten households) bound by frankpledge to collective responsibility and punishment for each other's behavior.
  4. (historical, law) A part of the hundred as a rural division of territory.

Synonyms

  • (tenth): See tenth and tithe
  • (oath-bound division of the hundred): decenary, decime, frankpledge, fribourg

Derived terms

See also

  • (oath-bound division of the hundred, adj.): decenary
  • (oath-bound division of the hundred, leader): See tithingman
  • (oath-bound division of the hundred, member): See decenary

Verb

tithing

  1. present participle and gerund of tithe

References

Anagrams

  • hitting

Source: wiktionary.org