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Swallowing

s 1w 4a 1l 1l 1o 1w 4i 1n 1g 2

About 3 syllables

verb · 10 letters · Very common · present participle of swallow

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

What does swallowing mean?

verb

  1. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

    “Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!”

    Synonymsget down

  2. engulf and destroy

    “The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries”

  3. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

    “The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter”

    Synonymsimmerseswallow upburyeat up

  4. utter indistinctly

    “She swallowed the last words of her speech”

  5. take back what one has said

    “He swallowed his words”

    Synonymstake backunsaywithdraw

  6. keep from expressing

    “I swallowed my anger and kept quiet”

Definitions shown for swallow, the base form of swallowing.

Is SWALLOWING 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 SWALLOWING worth?

Scrabble

17 pts
s 1w 4a 1l 1l 1o 1w 4i 1n 1g 2

Words With Friends

21 pts
s 1w 4a 1l 2l 2o 1w 4i 1n 2g 3

Wordfeud

18 pts
s 1w 4a 1l 1l 1o 1w 4i 1n 1g 3

NYT Crossplay

23 pts
s 1w 5a 1l 2l 2o 1w 5i 1n 1g 4

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

Words from the letters in SWALLOWING

Anagrams 1

wallowings

Words that end like SWALLOWING

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

borrowingfollowingallowingwindowingoutgrowingbellowingbestowingbillowingburrowingfurrowingharrowinghollowingkowtowingmellowingnarrowingpillowingpowwowingshadowingsnowplowingsorrowingwallowingyellowingelbowingendowing
All words ending in -OWING

Swallowing: quick answers

Is SWALLOWING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. SWALLOWING is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 17 points before board bonuses.
How many points is SWALLOWING worth?
SWALLOWING scores 17 points in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends, 18 in Wordfeud and 23 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does swallowing mean?
swallowing is the present participle of swallow, which means “pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking”. It has 6 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in SWALLOWING?
You can make 364 shorter words from SWALLOWING, such as WALLOWING, WAWLINGS, WAWLING, SALLOWING. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of SWALLOWING?
SWALLOWING rearranges into WALLOWINGS.