marketing M₃A₁R₁K₅E₁T₁I₁N₁G₂

MARKETING has two related senses: trade in a market, and the work of promoting, distributing, and selling a product or service. Its familiar business sense sits beside the marketplace meaning. All nine letters are different, with K the highest-value tile and M the next-highest in the Scrabble breakdown.

MARKETING at a glance

• MARKETING has 9 letters and earns 16 Scrabble points before board bonuses.
• M is worth 3 points and K is worth 5, so those two tiles supply half the word's score.
• The other seven tiles contribute 8 points: G is worth 2, while A, R, E, T, I, and N are worth 1 each.
• MARKETING has zero anagrams and zero one-letter neighbors.
• Its -ing ending rhymes with 12 words, including being, going, thing, and doing.

What does MARKETING mean?

MARKETING can mean buying or selling in a market, including a street market or fair. In its business sense, it covers promoting, distributing, and selling a product or service; market research and advertising belong to that work.

The definition also uses MARKETING for a marketer's work. That makes the word broader than advertising alone: distribution and market research are included alongside promotion and sales.

The two senses connect through exchange. One describes trade at a market; the other describes the work that brings a product or service to buyers.

MARKETING meaning and its word-building limits

MARKETING scores 16 points from M (3), A (1), R (1), K (5), E (1), T (1), I (1), N (1), and G (2). K and M alone account for half the face value, so keep track of those tiles when comparing plays.

There are no anagrams or one-letter neighbors to build from, which limits MARKETING as a word-building base. Its rhyme set is more generous: being, going, something, during, thing, and getting are among the 12 matches.