hiding: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 11 letter points · starts with H · ends with G
Meaning of hiding
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of hide
Base or related entry: hide.
Source: Wiktionary — hiding.
noun
- uncountable, usually
A state of concealment.
Example: After the leaked scandalous stories about his personal life, the celebrity remained in hiding for a few weeks.
- countable, usually
A place of concealment.
Listed forms: hidings.
Source: Wiktionary — hiding.
noun
- countable, literally, uncountable
Skinning (of an animal) to yield a hide (for human use).
- colloquial, countable, figuratively
A beating or spanking.
Listed forms: hidings.
Source: Wiktionary — hiding.
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 hiding.
noun
the activity of keeping something secret
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is hiding 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 hiding
H(4) + I(1) + D(2) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 11 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 hiding
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 hiding
17 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in hiding. Showing up to 24, longest first.