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Hairing

h 4a 1i 1r 1i 1n 1g 2

About 2 syllables

noun · 7 letters · Rare · form of hair

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

What does hairing mean?

noun

  1. a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

    “he combed his hair”

  2. a very small distance or space

    “they escaped by a hair's-breadth”

    Synonymshairsbreadthwhisker

  3. filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

    “peach fuzz”

    Synonymsfuzztomentum

  4. any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal

    “there is a hair in my soup”

    Synonymspilus

  5. cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments

    Synonymshaircloth

  6. a filamentous projection or process on an organism

Definitions shown for hair, the base form of hairing.

Is HAIRING a valid word?

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

How many points is HAIRING worth?

Scrabble

11 pts
h 4a 1i 1r 1i 1n 1g 2

Words With Friends

12 pts
h 3a 1i 1r 1i 1n 2g 3

Wordfeud

12 pts
h 4a 1i 1r 1i 1n 1g 3

NYT Crossplay

12 pts
h 3a 1i 1r 1i 1n 1g 4

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

Words from the letters in HAIRING

Hooks for HAIRING

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

Front hooks

chairing

Back hooks

None

Words that end like HAIRING

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

pairingairingimpairingrepairingdespairingchairing
All words ending in -AIRING

Hairing: quick answers

Is HAIRING a valid Scrabble word?
Only in Collins. HAIRING is valid in Scrabble outside North America (Collins/SOWPODS) but not in the North American NWL list.
How many points is HAIRING worth?
HAIRING scores 11 points in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends, 12 in Wordfeud and 12 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does hairing mean?
hairing is related to hair, which means “a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head)”. It has 6 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in HAIRING?
You can make 64 shorter words from HAIRING, such as HARING, HIRING, RAHING, AHING. See the full list.