walking: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 15 letter points · starts with W · ends with G
Meaning of walking
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of walk
Base or related entry: walk.
Source: Wiktionary — walking.
adj
- not-comparable
Incarnate as a human; living.
Example: Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.
- not-comparable
Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
- not-comparable
Characterized by or suitable for walking.
Example: a walking tour
- figuratively, not-comparable
Heavily characterized by some given quality.
Source: Wiktionary — walking.
noun
- countable, form-of, noun-from-verb, uncountable
verbal noun of walk.
Base or related entry: walk.
Example: After five hours' walking in the heat, I was close to exhaustion.
Listed forms: walkings.
Source: Wiktionary — walking.
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 walking.
adjective
close enough to be walked to
- walk-to
noun
the act of traveling by foot
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is walking in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of walking
W(4) + A(1) + L(1) + K(5) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 15 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 walking
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 walking
66 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in walking. Showing up to 24, longest first.