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Gimmicking

Q: What does gimmicking mean?

gimmicking is related to gimmick , which means “a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.

g ₂i ₁m ₃m ₃i ₁c ₃k ₅i ₁n ₁g ₂

About 3 syllables

noun · 10 letters · Rare · form of gimmick

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

What does gimmicking mean?

noun

a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
“it sounds good but what's the catch?”
Synonymscatch
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
“she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket”
Synonymsdoodad doohickey doojigger gizmo gismo
any clever maneuver
“he would stoop to any device to win a point”
Synonymsdevice twist

Definitions shown for gimmick, the base form of gimmicking.

Is GIMMICKING a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
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 GIMMICKING worth?

Scrabble

22 pts

g ₂i ₁m ₃m ₃i ₁c ₃k ₅i ₁n ₁g ₂

Words With Friends

28 pts

g ₃i ₁m ₄m ₄i ₁c ₄k ₅i ₁n ₂g ₃

Wordfeud

25 pts

g ₃i ₁m ₃m ₃i ₁c ₄k ₅i ₁n ₁g ₃

NYT Crossplay

27 pts

g ₄i ₁m ₃m ₃i ₁c ₃k ₆i ₁n ₁g ₄

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

Words from the letters in GIMMICKING

Best shorter words top 30 of 32

mimicking 20 gimmick 18 miking 13 mick 12 mimic 11 miming 11 mink 10 nick 10 gink 9 ick 9 king 9 minim 9 icing 8 migg 8 ink 7 kin 7 mic 7 mim 7 ming 7 cig 6 ging 6 ki 6 mig 6 mini 6 mm 6 gig 5 igg 5 nim 5 gin 4 mi 4

See all 32 words made from GIMMICKING

Words that end like GIMMICKING

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

frolicking picnicking lipsticking mimicking panicking trafficking sticking picking kicking nicking bricking clicking flicking pricking slicking tricking licking sicking ticking

All words ending in -ICKING

Gimmicking: quick answers

Is GIMMICKING a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. GIMMICKING is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 22 points before board bonuses.

How many points is GIMMICKING worth?

GIMMICKING scores 22 points in Scrabble, 28 in Words With Friends, 25 in Wordfeud and 27 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What does gimmicking mean?

gimmicking is related to gimmick, which means “a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.

What words can you make with the letters in GIMMICKING?

You can make 32 shorter words from GIMMICKING, such as MIMICKING, GIMMICK, MIKING, MICK. See the full list.