wearing

/ˈwɛəɹɪŋ/
adjectivenoun

Intended to be worn.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 4 meanings

  1. Intended to be worn.

    “Clothes used to be called wearing apparel.”

  2. Causing tiredness; trying to a person's patience.

  3. Causing erosion.

  4. That wears (deteriorate through use), and may eventually wear out.

Noun 3 meanings

  1. The mechanical process of eroding or grinding.

  2. The act by which something is worn.

    “formal crown-wearings”

  3. That which is worn; clothes; garments.

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WEARING at a glance

WEARING has 7 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (W 4 + E 1 + A 1 + R 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,469 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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  • HEARING11
  • BEARING10
  • TEARING8
  • FEARING11
  • WEAVING14
  • NEARING8
  • GEARING9
  • REARING8
  • SEARING8
  • WEANING11
  • DEARING9
  • LEARING8
  • MEARING10
  • WEIRING11

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