LING is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. LING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LING?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LING is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LING
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LING scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What does LING mean in Scrabble?
noun
Either a long-bodied edible marine fish related to cod, or a low evergreen shrub of the heath family known in everyday speech as heather.
Ling can name a fish caught and dried in northern seas for food. In an older and more regional use, the same word names the heather that covers open moorland, so context decides which sense applies.
How LING is used
The fish sense is common in cookery and fishing; the plant sense is more regional, associated with moorland.
- The fishmonger sold fresh ling alongside cod and haddock.
- Purple ling covered the hillside in late summer.
- Salted ling was once a staple food along the coast.
- Grouse nest among the ling on the open moor.
- The recipe calls for a fillet of ling instead of cod.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LING and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LING
Showing 24 of 68 words that begin with LING.
Words ending in LING
Showing 24 of 2013 words that end in LING. Useful as a back hook: play LING onto a word already on the board.
Words with LING inside
Showing 24 of 1020 words that contain LING somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LING are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LING
Common questions about LING
- Is LING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LING, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LING worth?
- LING is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LING mean?
- Either a long-bodied edible marine fish related to cod, or a low evergreen shrub of the heath family known in everyday speech as heather.
- What letters can be added to LING?
- LING takes 9 hooks: 5 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LING:
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