greeting
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 8
/ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/
Definition of greeting
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.
“It's polite to begin a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.
“It's polite to begin a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email.”
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(uncountable)The action of the verb to greet.
“I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.”
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of greet
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Etymology
By surface analysis, greet + -ing.
Words you can make from greeting
104 playable · top: GREEING (9 pts)
Best play greeing 9 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
11 words5-letter words
23 words4-letter words
28 words- GRIG 6 pts
- TEGG 6 pts
- EGER 5 pts
- GENE 5 pts
- GENT 5 pts
- GIEN 5 pts
- GIRN 5 pts
- GIRT 5 pts
- GITE 5 pts
- GREE 5 pts
- GRIN 5 pts
- GRIT 5 pts
- RING 5 pts
- TING 5 pts
- TRIG 5 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- REIN 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TERN 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
3-letter words
29 words2-letter words
10 wordsHooks
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