The word shearing is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • shearing adj. Tending to cut or tear.
  • shearing v. Present participle of shear.
  • shearing n. The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.

23 valid words from 3 definitions

ACT AS CLIPPING CLOTH CUT FROM MACHINE NAP OF OPERATION OR PARTICIPLE PRESENT SHEAR SHEARING SHEARS SHEEP TEAR TENDING THE TO WITH WOOL

15 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AR EA EAR EARING HE HEAR HEARING IN ING RIN RING SH SHE SHEA SHEAR

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AE EH EHS

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

HEARINGS HEARSING

10 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

SHEADING SHEAFING SHEALING SHEAVING SHEERING SKEARING SMEARING SPEARING STEARING SWEARING

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

HEARING SEARING SHARING

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

SHEARLING SHMEARING

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

SHEARINGS

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

SHEEPSHEARINGS

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

MISHEARING SHEEPSHEARING

25 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+C SEARCHING
+D DEGARNISH GARNISHED HEADRINGS
+E GARNISHEE
+F HANGFIRES
+H REHASHING
+K KASHERING SHRINKAGE
+L ASHLERING NARGHILES NARGILEHS SHEARLING
+M SHMEARING
+O ANGISHORE
+P RESHAPING
+R GARNISHER
+S GARNISHES SHEARINGS
+T HANGRIEST INGATHERS
+V HAVERINGS RESHAVING
+W REWASHING WASHERING

25 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-A HINGERS
-E GARNISH RASHING SHARING
-G ARSHINE HERNIAS NEARISH
-H ANGRIES EARINGS ERASING GAINERS GRAINES REAGINS REGAINS REGINAS SEARING SERINGA
-I GNASHER HANGERS REHANGS SHERANG
-N HEGARIS HEGIRAS HIRAGES
-S HEARING

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 points.

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