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Respiring

r 1e 1s 1p 3i 1r 1i 1n 1g 2

About 3 syllables

verb · 9 letters · Less common · present participle of respire

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

What does respiring mean?

verb

  1. breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety

  2. undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide

  3. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs

    “I can breathe better when the air is clean”

    Synonymsbreathetake a breathsuspire

Definitions shown for respire, the base form of respiring.

Is RESPIRING 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 RESPIRING worth?

Scrabble

12 pts
r 1e 1s 1p 3i 1r 1i 1n 1g 2

Words With Friends

15 pts
r 1e 1s 1p 4i 1r 1i 1n 2g 3

Wordfeud

14 pts
r 1e 1s 1p 4i 1r 1i 1n 1g 3

NYT Crossplay

14 pts
r 1e 1s 1p 3i 1r 1i 1n 1g 4

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

Words from the letters in RESPIRING

Anagrams 2

reprisingspringier

Words that end like RESPIRING

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

desiringinspiringexpiringretiringadmiringaspiringattiringbackfiringconspiringperspiringumpiringuntiringtranspiringfiringhiringtiringwiringuninspiringmiringsiring
All words ending in -IRING

Respiring: quick answers

Is RESPIRING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. RESPIRING is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 12 points before board bonuses.
How many points is RESPIRING worth?
RESPIRING scores 12 points in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends, 14 in Wordfeud and 14 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does respiring mean?
respiring is the present participle of respire, which means “breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in RESPIRING?
You can make 238 shorter words from RESPIRING, such as RESPRING, SPEIRING, SPERRING, SPIERING. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of RESPIRING?
RESPIRING rearranges into REPRISING, SPRINGIER.