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Definition of foundering

"foundering" in the noun sense

1. foundering, going under

of a ship) sinking

"foundering" in the verb sense

1. fall through, fall flat, founder, flop

fail utterly collapse

"The project foundered"

2. founder

sink below the surface

3. collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder

break down, literally or metaphorically

"The wall collapsed"

"The business collapsed"

"The dam broke"

"The roof collapsed"

"The wall gave in"

"The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

4. founder

stumble and nearly fall

"the horses foundered"

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

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foundering in Scrabble®

The word foundering 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: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters foundering:

FOUNDERING

(144)

FOUNDERING

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Seven Letter Word Alert: (30 words)

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In foundering

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(144)

FOUNDERING

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FUNGOID

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foundering in Words With Friends™

The word foundering 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: 19

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

FOUNDERING

(225)

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FOUNDERING

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Words within the letters of foundering

2 letter words in foundering (14 words)

do ef en go id if in no nu of on or re un

3 letter words in foundering (50 words)

den die dig din doe dog don due dug duo ego end eon erg fed fen fig fin fir foe fog for fro fun fur gin gnu god gun ide inn ion ire nod nor nun ode one ore our red ref rid rig rod roe rue rug run urn

4 letter words in foundering (56 words)

5 letter words in foundering (55 words)

6 letter words in foundering (39 words)

7 letter words in foundering (30 words)

8 letter words in foundering (6 words)

enduring founding nonfired nonfried rounding unfriend

9 letter words in foundering (1 word)

refunding

10 letter words in foundering (Anagrams) (2 words)

foundering refounding

foundering + 1 blank (2 words)

floundering overfunding

foundering + 2 blanks (2 words)

overfundings underflowing

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Words containing the sequence foundering

Words that start with foundering (1 word)

foundering

Words with foundering in them (1 word)

foundering

Words that end with foundering (1 word)

foundering

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Word Growth involving foundering

Shorter words in foundering

un found founder

un under founder

in ring

Longer words containing foundering

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