sleeping: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 11 letter points · starts with S · ends with G
Meaning of sleeping
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of sleep
Base or related entry: sleep.
Source: Wiktionary — sleeping.
adj
- not-comparable
Asleep.
Example: We found a sleeping child inside the church.
- not-comparable
Used for sleep; used to produce sleep.
Source: Wiktionary — sleeping.
noun
- countable, uncountable
The state of being asleep, or an instance of this.
Listed forms: sleepings.
Source: Wiktionary — sleeping.
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 sleeping.
adjective
lying with head on paws as if sleeping
noun
quiet and inactive restfulness
- quiescence
- quiescency
- dormancy
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is sleeping in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of sleeping
S(1) + L(1) + E(1) + E(1) + P(3) + 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 sleeping
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from sleeping
140 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in sleeping. Showing up to 24, longest first.