DOING is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DOING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOING?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOING is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
doingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOING scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DOING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does DOING mean in Scrabble?
noun
An action or deed; also, the effort or trouble needed to accomplish something, as in the phrase some doing.
People often use doing in the plural, as in her doings were reported in the local paper, to describe a person's activities or exploits. In the singular, the word appears mainly in the fixed phrase some doing, where finishing a difficult project takes some doing, meaning it requires real effort or skill. Both uses trace back to the ordinary verb do, but doing as a noun names the deed or the effort itself rather than the act of performing it.
How DOING is used
Common in everyday speech, especially in the phrase take some doing and in the plural doings.
- Getting the whole family there on time took some doing.
- Her mysterious doings became the talk of the neighborhood.
- Finishing the report by morning was going to take real doing.
- Rebuilding the old engine from scratch took considerable doing.
- Nobody could explain the odd doings behind the locked door.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOING and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DOING
The 5 tiles of DOING in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DOING
1 longer words begin with DOING.
Words ending in DOING
23 words end in DOING. Useful as a back hook: play DOING onto a word already on the board.
Words with DOING inside
5 words contain DOING in the middle. Words that start with DOING are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DOING
Common questions about DOING
- Is DOING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOING, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOING worth?
- DOING is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOING mean?
- An action or deed; also, the effort or trouble needed to accomplish something, as in the phrase some doing.
- What letters can be added to DOING?
- DOING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DOING:
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