finishing: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 16 letter points · starts with F · ends with G
Meaning of finishing
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of finish
Base or related entry: finish.
Source: Wiktionary — finishing.
noun
The act of completing something.
Shooting ability.
Example: That guy's a slow and lazy player, but he's got excellent finishing.
The final work upon or ornamentation of a thing; finish.
Listed forms: finishings.
Source: Wiktionary — finishing.
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 finishing.
noun
a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
noun
the act of finishing
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is finishing in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of finishing
F(4) + I(1) + N(1) + I(1) + S(1) + H(4) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 16 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 finishing
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 finishing
36 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in finishing. Showing up to 24, longest first.