thinking: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 16 letter points · starts with T · ends with G
Meaning of thinking
noun
- uncountable, usually
The action or process of using one's mind to consider or reason about something.
- uncountable, usually
A thought.
Example: What is your thinking on this subject?
Listed forms: thinkings.
Source: Wiktionary — thinking.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of think
Base or related entry: think.
Example: I'm thinking about inventing a new perpetual-motion machine.
Source: Wiktionary — thinking.
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 thinking.
adjective
endowed with the capacity to reason
noun
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
- thought
- thought process
- cerebration
- intellection
- mentation
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is thinking in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of thinking
T(1) + H(4) + I(1) + N(1) + K(5) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 16 points.
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Anagrams of thinking
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 thinking
42 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in thinking. Showing up to 24, longest first.