Is LYING a word?
LYING is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 9 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, LYING is a valid word.
What does lying mean?
noun: the deliberate act of deviating from the truth.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
LYING: word details
- Pronunciation: LEYE-ihng (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 9 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so LYING works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of lying
Shorter words inside lying
Words you can make from the letters of lying.
Solve a whole rack, not just LYING
LYING 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 LYING mean?
LYING is a noun. It means: the deliberate act of deviating from the truth.
Is LYING a valid word?
Yes, LYING is a valid word. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 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.