Definition of cooking

"cooking" in the noun sense

1. cooking, cookery, preparation

the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

"cooking can be a great art"

"people are needed who have experience in cookery"

"he left the preparation of meals to his wife"

"cooking" in the verb sense

1. cook

prepare a hot meal

"My husband doesn't cook"

2. cook, fix, ready, make, prepare

prepare for eating by applying heat

"Cook me dinner, please"

"can you make me an omelette?"

"fix breakfast for the guests, please"

3. cook

transform and make suitable for consumption by heating

"These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"

4. fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent

tamper, with the purpose of deception

"Fudge the figures"

"cook the books"

"falsify the data"

5. cook

transform by heating

"The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"

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cooking in Scrabble®

The word cooking is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters cooking:

COOKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
COOKING
(107 = 57 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

cooking

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word cooking

COOKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
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COOKING
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(66 = 16 + 50)
COOKING
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In cooking

COOKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
COOKING
(107 = 57 + 50)
COOKING
(106 = 56 + 50)
COOKING
(101 = 51 + 50)
COOKING
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COOKING
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COOKING
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cooking in Words With Friends™

The word cooking is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 17

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

COOKING
(128 = 93 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

cooking

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word cooking

COOKING
(128 = 93 + 35)
COOKING
(122 = 87 + 35)
COOKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
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(53 = 18 + 35)
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(52 = 17 + 35)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In cooking

COOKING
(128 = 93 + 35)
COOKING
(122 = 87 + 35)
COOKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
COOKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
COOKING
(116 = 81 + 35)
COOKING
(110 = 75 + 35)
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(110 = 75 + 35)
COOKING
(104 = 69 + 35)
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COKING
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COKING
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COOING
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CONK
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NOCK
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NICK
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COKING
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COOK
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KING
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COOKING
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COOING
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OINK
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COOK
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Words within the letters of cooking

2 letter words in cooking (4 words)

3 letter words in cooking (9 words)

4 letter words in cooking (9 words)

6 letter words in cooking (2 words)

7 letter words in cooking (1 word)

cooking + 1 blank (1 word)

cooking + 2 blanks (4 words)

Words containing the sequence cooking

Words that start with cooking (1 word)

Words with cooking in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving cooking

Shorter words in cooking

coo cook

in kin king

Longer words containing cooking

miscooking

noncooking

outcooking

overcooking

parcooking

recooking precooking

recooking pressurecooking

undercooking