Definition of circulating

"circulating" in the verb sense

1. go around, spread, circulate

become widely known and passed on

"the rumor spread"

"the story went around in the office"

2. circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around

cause to become widely known

"spread information"

"circulate a rumor"

"broadcast the news"

3. circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute

cause to be distributed

"This letter is being circulated among the faculty"

4. circulate

move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

"Blood circulates in my veins"

"The air here does not circulate"

5. circulate

cause to move in a circuit or system

"The fan circulates the air in the room"

6. circulate

move around freely from person to person or from place to place

"She circulates among royalty"

"circulating" in the adjective sense

1. circulating

passing from one to another

"circulating bills and coins"

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Quotations for circulating

A circulating library in a town is an ever-green tree of diabolical knowledge. [ Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan ]

Flirtation is a circulating library, in which we seldom ask twice for the same volume. [ N. P. Willis ]

Sir Anthony Absolute, two or three years before Evelina appeared, spoke the sense of the great body of sober fathers and husbands when he pronounced the circulating library an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge. [ Macaulay ]

circulating in Scrabble®

The word circulating 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: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters circulating:

CIRCULATING
(171)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (19 words)

aclinic, actinic, alginic, carting, cingula, circuit, crating, crucial, curling, curtail, curtain, intagli, lairing, lunatic, railing, tailgun, tailing, tracing, truncal

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word circulating

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(171)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In circulating

CIRCULATING
(171)
CIRCULATING
(153)
CIRCULATING
(114)
CIRCULATING
(102)
ACLINIC
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ACTINIC
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LUNATIC
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ACTINIC
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circulating in Words With Friends™

The word circulating 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: 22

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

CIRCULATING
(306)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (19 words)

aclinic, actinic, alginic, carting, cingula, circuit, crating, crucial, curling, curtail, curtain, intagli, lairing, lunatic, railing, tailgun, tailing, tracing, truncal

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word circulating

CIRCULATING
(306)
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(144)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In circulating

CIRCULATING
(306)
CIRCULATING
(252)
CIRCULATING
(252)
CIRCULATING
(180)
CIRCULATING
(144)
CRUCIAL
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ACLINIC
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(116)
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(116 = 81 + 35)
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(92)
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CARTING
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(92)
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CARTING
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CRUCIAL
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CIRCULATING
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