looking: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 12 letter points · starts with L · ends with G
Meaning of looking
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of look
Base or related entry: look.
as the last part of compound adjectives: relating to or having the appearance of.
Example: dorky-looking
Source: Wiktionary — looking.
noun
The act of one who looks; a glance.
Listed forms: lookings.
Source: Wiktionary — looking.
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 looking.
adjective
appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
noun
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look
- look
- looking at
noun
the act of searching visually
- looking for
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is looking in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of looking
L(1) + O(1) + O(1) + K(5) + 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 looking
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 looking
53 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in looking. Showing up to 24, longest first.