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Is waning a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word waning is a Scrabble US word. The word waning is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is waning a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word waning is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Yes. The word waning is a Words With Friends word. The word waning is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

AWNING,WANING,

5-letter words (5 found)

AWING,GNAWN,INGAN,WIGAN,WINNA,

4-letter words (11 found)

AGIN,GAIN,GINN,GNAW,NAIN,NANG,NGAI,WAIN,WANG,WING,WINN,

3-letter words (17 found)

AIN,ANI,ANN,AWN,GAN,GAW,GIN,ING,INN,NAG,NAN,NAW,WAG,WAI,WAN,WIG,WIN,

2-letter words (7 found)

AG,AI,AN,AW,GI,IN,NA,

You can make 42 words from waning according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of waning

waning

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈweɪ.nɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪnɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English waninge, alteration of earlier waniand, waniende, from Old English waniende, from Proto-Germanic *wanōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wanōną (“to wane”), equivalent to wane +‎ -ing.

Verb

waning

  1. present participle and gerund of wane

Adjective

waning (not comparable)

  1. Becoming weaker or smaller.
    his waning strength
  2. Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth.
    the waning moon
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Etymology 2

From Middle English waning, waninge, wonunge, from Old English wanung (“waning; diminution”), from Proto-Germanic *wanungō, equivalent to wane +‎ -ing.

Noun

waning (plural wanings)

  1. The fact or act of becoming less or less intense or present; fading.
    the waning of her energy
  2. The fact or act of becoming smaller.
    • 17th century, Joseph Hall, Epistle to Mr. R. B.
      This earthly moon, the Church, hath her fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses.
Translations

Anagrams

  • Angwin, awning

North Frisian

Etymology

Cognates include Föhr-Amrum North Frisian wöning.

Noun

waning n (plural waninge)

  1. (Mooring) window

Source: wiktionary.org