shouting S₁H₄O₁U₁T₁I₁N₁G₂

SHOUTING has eight letters and a clear connection to loud calls, cries, and commotion. Its Scrabble total comes mostly from ordinary one-point tiles, with H contributing four points and G adding two. The word also has two anagrams and seven one-letter neighbours, giving you several paths to explore beyond its definition.

SHOUTING at a glance

• SHOUTING is eight letters long and scores 12 points in Scrabble.
• Its definition describes loud acclamation, clamor, crying, or uproar.
• The two anagrams are SOUTHING and HOUTINGS.
• Seven one-letter neighbours include SHOOTING, SCOUTING, and SPOUTING.

What is the SHOUTING meaning?

SHOUTING means an instance of loud or highly audible acclamation, clamor, crying, or uproar. In everyday use, the word points to a raised voice or a noisy outburst, rather than to a quiet conversation. Its frequency count of 35,108 and rank of 7,386 mark it as a common word, so you will meet it far more often than SOUTHING.

The word is accepted in Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE. For Scrabble, its 12 points come from H at four points and G at two; S, O, U, T, I, and N are each worth one. Check your game's word list if it uses a different dictionary.

What words share SHOUTING’s letters or sound?

SOUTHING and HOUTINGS use the same eight letters as SHOUTING in different arrangements. They are much less familiar words, so treat them as letter rearrangements rather than everyday substitutes for the original. SHOUTING opens with S, a letter that begins 5,265 of the 41,364 eight-letter words, about 13 percent.

Seven one-letter neighbours differ from SHOUTING by just one letter. SHOOTING, SCOUTING, and SPOUTING are easy to recognize; SHORTING, SHOTTING, SNOUTING, and SMOUTING complete the set. For the SHOUTING meaning, the closest sound-related set is its 12 rhymes, including THING, GOING, and NOTHING.