shooting: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 12 letter points · starts with S · ends with G
Meaning of shooting
adj
Moving or growing quickly
Example: Shooting beams of light played over the sea.
Of a pain, sudden and darting
Example: I often feel a shooting pain in my arm.
Source: Wiktionary — shooting.
noun
- countable
an instance of shooting with a gun or other weapon
Example: Police are hunting the people who carried out the shootings last week.
- uncountable
the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon
Example: I take part in shooting at the local archery club.
- countable, uncountable
a district in which people have the right to kill game with firearms
- countable, uncountable
the act of one who, or that which, shoots
Example: the shooting of rays of light
Listed forms: shootings.
Source: Wiktionary — shooting.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of shoot; forcefully projecting
Base or related entry: shoot.
Source: Wiktionary — shooting.
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 shooting.
noun
the act of firing a projectile
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is shooting in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of shooting
S(1) + H(4) + O(1) + O(1) + T(1) + 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 shooting
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from shooting
140 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in shooting. Showing up to 24, longest first.