What does LING mean?
LING is a valid word in the ENABLE word game list, worth 5 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends.
- Pronunciation
- /lɪŋ/
- Letters
- 4
- Scrabble score
- 5
- Words With Friends score
- 8
- How common
- Fairly common
Meaning
noun
- water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs
- common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
- elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried
- American hakes
- elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.
Other forms
lings6
Anagrams of LING
No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.
Words inside LING
5 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.
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Questions
Is LING a Scrabble word?
LING is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted in Scrabble and Words With Friends. Official tournament dictionaries differ slightly, so check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.
How many points is LING worth?
LING is worth 5 points with Scrabble letter values and 8 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.
What words can you make from LING?
5 other words, including IN, LI, LIN and GIN.