waiting: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 11 letter points · starts with W · ends with G
Meaning of waiting
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of wait
Base or related entry: wait.
Example: Your guest has been waiting for you. (progressive) They hurried into the waiting car. (participle used as adjective)
Source: Wiktionary — waiting.
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
Example: Waiting for any news in a waiting room. (gerund)
- countable, uncountable
Attendance, service.
- countable, obsolete, uncountable
Watching, observation; keeping watch, guarding.
Listed forms: waitings.
Source: Wiktionary — waiting.
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 waiting.
adjective
being and remaining ready and available for use
- ready and waiting
noun
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is waiting in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of waiting
W(4) + A(1) + I(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 waiting
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 waiting
56 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in waiting. Showing up to 24, longest first.