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Exterminating

e 1x 8t 1e 1r 1m 3i 1n 1a 1t 1i 1n 1g 2

About 5 syllables

verb · 13 letters · Common · present participle of exterminate

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does exterminating mean?

verb

  1. kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many

    “Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe”

    Synonymskill off

  2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots

    “the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted”

    Synonymsuprooteradicateextirpateroot out

Definitions shown for exterminate, the base form of exterminating.

Is EXTERMINATING a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is EXTERMINATING worth?

Scrabble

23 pts
e 1x 8t 1e 1r 1m 3i 1n 1a 1t 1i 1n 1g 2

Words With Friends

27 pts
e 1x 8t 1e 1r 1m 4i 1n 2a 1t 1i 1n 2g 3

Wordfeud

24 pts
e 1x 8t 1e 1r 1m 3i 1n 1a 1t 1i 1n 1g 3

NYT Crossplay

25 pts
e 1x 8t 1e 1r 1m 3i 1n 1a 1t 1i 1n 1g 4

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in EXTERMINATING

Words that end like EXTERMINATING

Common words that share the ending -ATING, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

sophisticatingcommunicatingconcatenatingincorporatinginvestigatingparticipatingaccumulatinganticipatingdiscriminatingexaggeratingmanipulatingeliminatingoriginatingaccommodatingapproximatingassassinatingcertificatingcollaboratingcommemoratingcommiseratingconfederatingconsolidatingcontaminatingcorroborating
All words ending in -ATING

Exterminating: quick answers

Is EXTERMINATING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. EXTERMINATING is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 23 points before board bonuses.
How many points is EXTERMINATING worth?
EXTERMINATING scores 23 points in Scrabble, 27 in Words With Friends, 24 in Wordfeud and 25 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does exterminating mean?
exterminating is the present participle of exterminate, which means “kill en masse”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in EXTERMINATING?
You can make 976 shorter words from EXTERMINATING, such as EXTERMINING, REEXAMINING, EXAMINING, REMIXING. See the full list.