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Flushing

f 4l 1u 1s 1h 4i 1n 1g 2

About 2 syllables

verb · 8 letters · Very common · present participle of flush

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

What does flushing mean?

verb

  1. turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

    “The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by”

    Synonymsblushcrimsonredden

  2. flow freely

    “The garbage flushed down the river”

  3. glow or cause to glow with warm color or light

    “the sky flushed with rosy splendor”

  4. make level or straight

    “level the ground”

    Synonymsleveleven outeven

  5. rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

    “flush the wound with antibiotics”

    Synonymsscourpurge

  6. irrigate with water from a sluice

    “sluice the earth”

    Synonymssluice

Definitions shown for flush, the base form of flushing.

Is FLUSHING 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 FLUSHING worth?

Scrabble

15 pts
f 4l 1u 1s 1h 4i 1n 1g 2

Words With Friends

18 pts
f 4l 2u 2s 1h 3i 1n 2g 3

Wordfeud

17 pts
f 4l 1u 2s 1h 4i 1n 1g 3

NYT Crossplay

18 pts
f 4l 2u 2s 1h 3i 1n 1g 4

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

Words from the letters in FLUSHING

Anagrams 1

lungfish

Hooks for FLUSHING

Add one letter to the front or back of FLUSHING to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

flushings

Words that end like FLUSHING

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

pushingcrushingrushingblushingbrushingbushinggushinghushingmushingambushing
All words ending in -USHING

Flushing: quick answers

Is FLUSHING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. FLUSHING is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 15 points before board bonuses.
How many points is FLUSHING worth?
FLUSHING scores 15 points in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends, 17 in Wordfeud and 18 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does flushing mean?
flushing is the present participle of flush, which means “turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame”. It has 6 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in FLUSHING?
You can make 130 shorter words from FLUSHING, such as SIGHFUL, FLUISH, FLUSH, INGULFS. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of FLUSHING?
FLUSHING rearranges into LUNGFISH.