printing: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 11 letter points · starts with P · ends with G
Meaning of printing
noun
- uncountable
The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.
Example: In those days, printing was big business in this city. Giant web-fed presses churned out countless tons of printed matter annually.
- uncountable
Synonym of printed matter.
Example: They delivered a huge batch of printing yesterday, so you can expect an invoice shortly.
- countable
Synonym of print run (“all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch”).
Example: She owns a copy of the first printing, which is a favorite among book collectors because some of the typos in it seem like Freudian slips.
- uncountable
Handwritten characters that are not joined up.
Example: The instructions said, "Please sign your name and then print your name below your signature," so he wrote out his name underneath in the neatest printing that his hand could muster.
Listed forms: printings.
Source: Wiktionary — printing.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of print.
Base or related entry: print.
Source: Wiktionary — printing.
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 printing.
noun
reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
- printing process
noun
all the copies of a work printed at one time
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is printing in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
These are spelling-list matches, not official game validity checks. Check the rules and dictionary used by your game.
Letter-value score of printing
P(3) + R(1) + I(1) + N(1) + T(1) + 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 printing
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 printing
39 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in printing. Showing up to 24, longest first.