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Occupying

o 1c 3c 3u 1p 3y 4i 1n 1g 2

About 4 syllables

verb · 9 letters · Very common · present participle of occupy

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

What does occupying mean?

verb

  1. keep busy with

    “She busies herself with her butterfly collection”

    Synonymsbusy

  2. live (in a certain place)

    “She resides in Princeton”

    Synonymsresidelodge in

  3. occupy the whole of

    “The liquid fills the container”

    Synonymsfill

  4. be on the mind of

    “I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift”

    Synonymsconcerninterestworry

  5. march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation

    “Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939”

    Synonymsinvade

  6. require (time or space)

    “It took three hours to get to work this morning”

    Synonymstakeuse up

Definitions shown for occupy, the base form of occupying.

Is OCCUPYING 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 OCCUPYING worth?

Scrabble

19 pts
o 1c 3c 3u 1p 3y 4i 1n 1g 2

Words With Friends

24 pts
o 1c 4c 4u 2p 4y 3i 1n 2g 3

Wordfeud

24 pts
o 1c 4c 4u 2p 4y 4i 1n 1g 3

NYT Crossplay

22 pts
o 1c 3c 3u 2p 3y 4i 1n 1g 4

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

Words from the letters in OCCUPYING

Words that end like OCCUPYING

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

modifyingjustifyingqualifyingsatisfyingspecifyingnotifyingverifyingclarifyinghorrifyingrectifyingterrifyingunderlyingunifyingclassifyingmultiplyingsimplifyingcanopyingembodyingmutinyingoverlyingpacifyingparodyingpurifyingratifying
All words ending in -YING

Occupying: quick answers

Is OCCUPYING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. OCCUPYING is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 19 points before board bonuses.
How many points is OCCUPYING worth?
OCCUPYING scores 19 points in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends, 24 in Wordfeud and 22 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does occupying mean?
occupying is the present participle of occupy, which means “keep busy with”. It has 6 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in OCCUPYING?
You can make 115 shorter words from OCCUPYING, such as CONCUPY, COPYING, OCCUPY, PYCNIC. See the full list.