shipping: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 16 letter points · starts with S · ends with G
Meaning of shipping
noun
- countable, uncountable
The transportation of goods.
- countable, uncountable
The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry; ships collectively.
- countable, uncountable
Passage or transport on a ship.
- countable, uncountable
The cost of sending an item or package using postal or carrier services.
Example: The shipping is included in the quoted price.
Listed forms: shippings.
Source: Wiktionary — shipping.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of ship
Base or related entry: ship.
Source: Wiktionary — shipping.
noun
- slang, uncountable
The desire by followers of a fandom for two or more people, either real-life people or fictional characters, to be in a romantic or sexual relationship.
Source: Wiktionary — shipping.
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 shipping.
noun
the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
noun
conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
- cargo ships
- merchant marine
- merchant vessels
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is shipping in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of shipping
S(1) + H(4) + I(1) + P(3) + P(3) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 16 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 shipping
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 shipping
50 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in shipping. Showing up to 24, longest first.