lying: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with L · ends with G
Meaning of lying
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”)
Base or related entry: lie.
Source: Wiktionary — lying.
noun
The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
Listed forms: lyings.
Source: Wiktionary — lying.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of lie (“to intentionally give false information”)
Base or related entry: lie.
Source: Wiktionary — lying.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is lying in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of lying
L(1) + Y(4) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 9 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 lying
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 lying
11 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in lying. Showing up to 24, longest first.