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Is washing a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word washing is a Scrabble US word. The word washing is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

W4A1S1H4I1N1G2

Is washing a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word washing is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

W4A1S1H4I1N1G2

Is washing a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word washing is a Words With Friends word. The word washing is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

W4A1S1H3I1N2G3

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7-letter words (3 found)

HAWSING,SHAWING,WASHING,

6-letter words (8 found)

ASHING,ASWING,HANGIS,HAWING,SAWING,WASHIN,WHANGS,WIGANS,

5-letter words (26 found)

AHING,ANIGH,AWING,GAINS,GNASH,GNAWS,HAINS,HANGI,HANGS,HINGS,NASHI,NIGHS,SANGH,SHAWN,SIGNA,SWAIN,SWANG,SWING,WAINS,WANGS,WHANG,WHIGS,WHINS,WIGAN,WINGS,WISHA,

4-letter words (56 found)

AGIN,AHIS,AINS,ANIS,AWNS,GAIN,GANS,GASH,GAWS,GHIS,GINS,GNAW,HAGS,HAIN,HANG,HAWS,HING,HINS,HISN,HWAN,INGS,ISNA,NAGS,NGAI,NIGH,NISH,SAIN,SANG,SAWN,SHAG,SHAN,SHAW,SHIN,SHWA,SIGH,SIGN,SING,SINH,SNAG,SNAW,SNIG,SWAG,SWAN,SWIG,WAGS,WAIN,WAIS,WANG,WANS,WASH,WHIG,WHIN,WIGS,WING,WINS,WISH,

3-letter words (44 found)

AGS,AHI,AHS,AIN,AIS,ANI,ANS,ASH,AWN,GAN,GAS,GAW,GHI,GIN,GIS,HAG,HAN,HAS,HAW,HIN,HIS,ING,INS,ISH,NAG,NAH,NAS,NAW,NIS,SAG,SAI,SAN,SAW,SHA,SIG,SIN,WAG,WAI,WAN,WAS,WHA,WIG,WIN,WIS,

2-letter words (14 found)

AG,AH,AI,AN,AS,AW,GI,HA,HI,IN,IS,NA,SH,SI,

You can make 151 words from washing according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of washing

washing

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɒʃ.ɪŋ/
    • Rhymes: -ɒʃɪŋ
  • (General American) enPR: wôshʹĭng, IPA(key): /ˈwɔʃ.ɪŋ/
  • (Canada, NYC, cot–caught merger) enPR: wäʹshĭng, IPA(key): /ˈwɑ.ʃɪŋ/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈwɔʃ.ɪŋ/

Etymology 1

From Middle English waschynge, weschynge, from Old English *weasċing, *wæsċing (attested in weasċingweġ), from Proto-West Germanic *waskingu, equivalent to wash +‎ -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Waaskenge (“washing”), West Frisian wasking (“washing”), Dutch wassing (“washing”), German Waschung (“washing”).

Noun

washing (countable and uncountable, plural washings)

  1. (countable) The action of the verb to wash
  2. (uncountable, chiefly UK, New Zealand, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
    My mother used to do the washing on a Monday
  3. (countable, often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
    The washings have a higher concentration of metal
  4. The liquid used to wash an ore.
  5. A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
    the gold-washings, or silver-washings
  6. A thin covering or coat.
    a washing of silver
  7. (stock exchange) A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
  8. (pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.
Synonyms
  • (articles that have been or are to be washed): laundry (especially US)
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English waschyng, wasschynge, wasschinge, wesschinge, wassende, from Old English *wasċende, *wæsċende, from Proto-West Germanic *waskandī, from Proto-Germanic *waskandz (“washing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *waskaną (“to wash”), equivalent to wash +‎ -ing. Cognate with Dutch wassend, German waschend, Swedish vaskande.

Verb

washing

  1. present participle and gerund of wash

Anagrams

  • Wangshi, hawings, hawsing

Middle English

Noun

washing

  1. Alternative form of wasshynge

Source: wiktionary.org