flying: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 13 letter points · starts with F · ends with G
Meaning of flying
adj
- not-comparable
That flies or can fly.
Example: flying fox
- not-comparable
Brief or hurried.
Example: flying visit
- not-comparable
Capable of moving rapidly; highly mobile.
Example: flying column
- not-comparable
Not secured by yards.
Source: Wiktionary — flying.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of fly
Base or related entry: fly.
Source: Wiktionary — flying.
noun
- countable
An act of flight.
- uncountable
The action or process of sustained motion through the air.
- uncountable
The action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water.
Listed forms: flyings.
Source: Wiktionary — flying.
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 flying.
adjective
moving swiftly
- fast-flying
adjective
hurried and brief
noun
an instance of traveling by air
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is flying in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of flying
F(4) + L(1) + Y(4) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 13 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 flying
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 flying
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