wing: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with W · ends with G
Meaning of wing
noun
- countable, uncountable
An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
Example: The bird was flapping its wings
- countable, uncountable
A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.
- countable, slang, uncountable
Human arm.
- countable, uncountable
Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
Example: I took my seat on the plane, overlooking the wing.
Listed forms: wings, weng, whing, wyng.
Source: Wiktionary — wing.
verb
- transitive
To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
- intransitive
To fly.
- intransitive
To travel swiftly.
- transitive
To add a wing (extra part) to.
Listed forms: wings, winging, winged, wung.
Source: Wiktionary — wing.
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 wing.
noun
a stage area out of sight of the audience
noun
the side of military or naval formation
noun
a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud
noun
an addition that extends a main building
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is wing in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of wing
W(4) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 8 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 wing
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 wing
5 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in wing. Showing up to 24, longest first.