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Whiting

w 4h 4i 1t 1i 1n 1g 2

About 2 syllables

noun · 7 letters · Less common

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

What does whiting mean?

noun

  1. flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe

  2. flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America

  3. a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish

  4. any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters

  5. found off Atlantic coast of North America

    Synonymssilver hakemerluccius bilinearis

  6. a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus

    Synonymsmerlangus merlangusgadus merlangus

Is WHITING 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 WHITING worth?

Scrabble

14 pts
w 4h 4i 1t 1i 1n 1g 2

Words With Friends

15 pts
w 4h 3i 1t 1i 1n 2g 3

Wordfeud

15 pts
w 4h 4i 1t 1i 1n 1g 3

NYT Crossplay

16 pts
w 5h 3i 1t 1i 1n 1g 4

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

Words from the letters in WHITING

Anagrams 1

withing

Hooks for WHITING

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

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

whitings

Words that end like WHITING

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

writingbitingcitingsmitingspitingkitingsitingeditinginvitinglimitingexitingunitingexcitingvisitingrewritinginhabitinginheritinginhibitingoverwritingprohibitingauditingdebitingignitinginciting
All words ending in -ITING

Whiting: quick answers

Is WHITING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. WHITING is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 14 points before board bonuses.
How many points is WHITING worth?
WHITING scores 14 points in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends, 15 in Wordfeud and 16 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does whiting mean?
As a noun, whiting means “flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe”. It has 6 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in WHITING?
You can make 39 shorter words from WHITING, such as INWITH, WIGHT, WITHIN, WHIG. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of WHITING?
WHITING rearranges into WITHING.