approaching: meaning and words from its letters
11 letters · 21 letter points · starts with A · ends with G
Meaning of approaching
adj
- not-comparable
That approaches or approach.
Source: Wiktionary — approaching.
adv
- not-comparable
Nearly.
Source: Wiktionary — approaching.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of approach
Base or related entry: approach.
Example: The army was approaching from the north.
Source: Wiktionary — approaching.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for approaching.
adjective
of the relatively near future
noun
the event of one object coming closer to another
noun
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
noun
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is approaching in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of approaching
A(1) + P(3) + P(3) + R(1) + O(1) + A(1) + C(3) + H(4) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 21 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of approaching
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from approaching
301 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in approaching. Showing up to 24, longest first.