Definition of circling

"circling" in the verb sense

1. circle

travel around something

"circle the globe"

2. circle

move in a circular path above (someone or something

"the plane circled, looking for a landing spot"

3. encircle, circle

form or draw a circle around

"encircle the errors"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for circling

With little wit and ease to suit them,
They whirl in narrow circling trails,
Like kittens playing with their tails. [ Goethe ]

To have heard the voice
Of Godhead in the winds and in the seas,
To have known him in the circling of the suns,
And in the changeful fates and lives of men. [ Lewis Morris ]

If you love something set it free, unless the vultures are circling.

Morn, waked by the circling hours, with rosy hand unbarred the gates of light. [ Milton ]

I sit where the leaves of the maple and the gnarled and knotted gum are circling and drifting around me. [ Alice Cary ]

circling in Scrabble®

The word circling is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters circling:

CIRCLING
(144)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word circling

CIRCLING
(144)
CIRCLING
(126)
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(96)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In circling

CIRCLING
(144)
CIRCLING
(126)
CIRCLING
(96)
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(84)
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(52)
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circling in Words With Friends™

The word circling is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters circling:

CIRCLING
(156)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word circling

CIRCLING
(156)
CIRCLING
(132)
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(88)
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(84)
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(84)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In circling

CIRCLING
(156)
CIRCLING
(132)
CIRCLING
(88)
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(84)
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(84)
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(84)
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(56)
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(54)
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Words within the letters of circling

2 letter words in circling (1 word)

3 letter words in circling (3 words)

4 letter words in circling (4 words)

5 letter words in circling (4 words)

6 letter words in circling (3 words)

8 letter words in circling (1 word)

circling + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence circling

Words that start with circling (1 word)

Words with circling in them (2 words)

Words that end with circling (3 words)

Word Growth involving circling

Shorter words in circling

in cling

Longer words containing circling

encircling encirclings

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