Definition of erring

"erring" in the verb sense

1. err, mistake, slip

to make a mistake or be incorrect

2. stray, err, drift

wander from a direct course or at random

"The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"

"don't drift from the set course"

"erring" in the adjective sense

1. erring, error-prone

capable of making an error

"all men are error-prone"

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Quotations for erring

Of all the causes that conspire to blind
Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind.
What the weak head with strongest bias rules,
Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools. [ Pope ]

To guard from error is not the instructor's business; but to lead the erring pupil. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

The little I have seen of the world teaches me to look upon the errors of others in sorrow, not in anger. When I take the history of one poor heart that has sinned and suffered, and represent to myself the struggles and temptations it has passed through, the brief pulsations of joy, the feverish inquietude of hope and fear, the pressure of want, the desertion of friends. I would fain leave the erring soul of my fellowman with Him from whose hand it came. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

Who can fathom the depth of a mother's love! No friendship so pure, so devoted; the wild storm of adversity and the bright sunshine of prosperity are all alike to her; however unworthy we may be of that affection, a mother never ceases to love her erring child. Often, when alone, as we gaze up to the starry heaven, can we in imagination catch a glimpse of the angels around the great white throne, and among the brightest and fairest of them all is our sweet mother, ever beckoning us onward and upward to her celestial home. [ R. Smith ]

erring in Scrabble®

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

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters erring:

RINGER
(27)
ERRING
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GIRNER
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In erring

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GIRNER
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erring in Words With Friends™

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

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters erring:

RINGER
(51)
ERRING
(51)
GIRNER
(51)
 

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

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GIRNER
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Word Growth involving erring

Shorter words in erring

err

in ring

Longer words containing erring

averring misaverring

conferring reconferring

deferring

derringer derringers

deterring undeterring

herring herringbone herringboned

herring herringbone herringbones

herring herringboning

herring herrings

inferring

interring disinterring

interring misinterring

interring reinterring

referring preferring

transferring cotransferring

transferring retransferring

unerring unerringly