Is GEARING a word?
GEARING is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, GEARING is a valid word.
What does gearing mean?
noun: wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
“the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
GEARING: word details
- Pronunciation: GIH-rihng (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 9 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
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Words you can make from the letters of gearing.
Solve a whole rack, not just GEARING
GEARING is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does GEARING mean?
GEARING is a noun. It means: wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
Is GEARING a valid word?
Yes, GEARING is a valid word. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.