eating: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 7 letter points · starts with E · ends with G
Meaning of eating
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of eat
Base or related entry: eat.
Source: Wiktionary — eating.
adj
- not-comparable
Bred to be eaten.
Example: eating chickens; eating quails
- not-comparable
Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.
Example: Wait! That's not an eating apple.
Source: Wiktionary — eating.
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act of ingesting food.
- countable, dialectal, informal, uncountable
Food; cooking, cuisine.
Example: I remember when we visited Aunt Martha's house, we had some really good eating!
- countable, uncountable
The act of corroding or consuming some substance.
Listed forms: eatings.
Source: Wiktionary — eating.
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 eating.
noun
the act of consuming food
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is eating in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of eating
E(1) + A(1) + T(1) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 7 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 eating
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from eating
64 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in eating. Showing up to 24, longest first.