calling
A strong urge (to do some particular thing with or in one's life, for example to become religious, to help the poor, or to be an entertainer).
Noun 2 meanings
A strong urge (to do some particular thing with or in one's life, for example to become religious, to help the poor, or to be an entertainer).
A job or occupation.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English callyng, kallyng, kalland, from Old English *cealliende and Old Norse kallandi, equivalent to call + -ing.
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CALLING at a glance
CALLING has 7 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (C 3 + A 1 + L 1 + L 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,120 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with calling
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- FALLING11
- CALMING12
- CULLING10
- BALLING10
- CABLING12
- WALLING11
- CARLING10
- GALLING9
- CALVING13
- MALLING10
- PALLING10
- COLLING10
- HALLING11
- CELLING10
- CATLING10
- CALKING14
- LALLING8
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