showing
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of showing
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of show
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verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of show
noun
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An occasion when something is shown.
“We went to the midnight showing of the new horror movie.”
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A result, a judgement.
“He made a poor showing at his first time at bat.”
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Etymology
From Middle English schewynge, schewand, schewande, schewende, from Old English sċēawiende, from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōndī, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, observe”), equivalent to show + -ing.
Words you can make from showing
98 playable · top: WHIGS (12 pts)
Best play whigs 12 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
12 words4-letter words
36 words- WHIG 11 pts
- HOWS 10 pts
- SHOW 10 pts
- WHIN 10 pts
- WISH 10 pts
- GHIS 8 pts
- GOSH 8 pts
- GOWN 8 pts
- HOGS 8 pts
- HONG 8 pts
- NIGH 8 pts
- SHOG 8 pts
- SIGH 8 pts
- SWIG 8 pts
- WIGS 8 pts
- WING 8 pts
- HINS 7 pts
- HISN 7 pts
- HONS 7 pts
- NOSH 7 pts
- NOWS 7 pts
- OWNS 7 pts
- SHIN 7 pts
- SINH 7 pts
- SNOW 7 pts
- SOWN 7 pts
- WINO 7 pts
- WINS 7 pts
- WONS 7 pts
- GINS 5 pts
- NOGS 5 pts
- SIGN 5 pts
- SING 5 pts
- SNOG 5 pts
- SONG 5 pts
- IONS 4 pts
3-letter words
31 words- HOW 9 pts
- WHO 9 pts
- GHI 7 pts
- HOG 7 pts
- WIG 7 pts
- HIN 6 pts
- HIS 6 pts
- HON 6 pts
- HOS 6 pts
- NOH 6 pts
- NOW 6 pts
- OHS 6 pts
- OWN 6 pts
- SHO 6 pts
- SOH 6 pts
- SOW 6 pts
- WIN 6 pts
- WIS 6 pts
- WON 6 pts
- WOS 6 pts
- GIN 4 pts
- GIS 4 pts
- GOS 4 pts
- NOG 4 pts
- SIG 4 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SON 3 pts
2-letter words
16 wordsHooks
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