12,848 words

Words ending in -ing

12,848 words end in -ing, and 2,294 of them are everyday words. The present participle, and the single most common long ending in English. Most eight-letter bonus words are a stem plus these three letters.

12,848
Words ending in -ing
2,294
Everyday words among them
4 pts
The ending -ing is worth this on its own
38 pts
Best score, from SUBJECTIVIZING

Using an ending rather than memorising words

This is the habit that separates players who find bonus words from players who do not. Stop looking at your rack as seven separate letters and start looking for a stem plus an ending. If -ing is sitting in your tiles, the real question is what 4 letter word the rest of your rack makes.

The same trick solves crosswords. Search the pattern ?????ing and you will see how few options an ending really leaves.

Highest scoring

The list

15 letter words

204

Showing 80 of 204, most familiar first.

14 letter words

339

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13 letter words

681

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12 letter words

1,179

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11 letter words

1,850

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10 letter words

2,320

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9 letter words

2,314

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8 letter words

2,017

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7 letter words

1,529

Showing 80 of 1,529, most familiar first.