heading: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 12 letter points · starts with H · ends with G
Meaning of heading
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of head
Base or related entry: head.
Source: Wiktionary — heading.
noun
The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
Example: put the information under the "Advantages" heading
The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine, particularly one driving through a solid body of coal or ore; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
Listed forms: headings.
Source: Wiktionary — heading.
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 heading.
noun
a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
noun
the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
noun
a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is heading 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 heading
H(4) + E(1) + A(1) + D(2) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 12 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 heading
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 heading
82 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in heading. Showing up to 24, longest first.