forcing: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 13 letter points · starts with F · ends with G
Meaning of forcing
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act by which someone or something is forced.
- countable, uncountable
The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed
- countable, uncountable
An extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail
- countable, uncountable
A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory. See forcing (mathematics).
Listed forms: forcings.
Source: Wiktionary — forcing.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of force
Base or related entry: force.
Source: Wiktionary — forcing.
adj
- not-comparable
Pertaining to a bid which requires partner to continue bidding rather than pass.
Source: Wiktionary — forcing.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is forcing 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 forcing
F(4) + O(1) + R(1) + C(3) + 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 forcing
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 forcing
56 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in forcing. Showing up to 24, longest first.