Definition of labouring

"labouring" in the verb sense

1. labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil

work hard

"She was digging away at her math homework"

"Lexicographers drudge all day long"

2. tug, labor, labour, push, drive

strive and make an effort to reach a goal

"She tugged for years to make a decent living"

"We have to push a little to make the deadline!"

"She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

3. labor, labour

undergo the efforts of childbirth

"labouring" in the adjective sense

1. drudging, laboring, labouring, toiling

doing arduous or unpleasant work

"drudging peasants"

"the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton"

"toiling coal miners in the black deeps"

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Quotations for labouring

There never was so great a thought labouring in the breasts of men as now. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

Nature always wears the colours of the spirit. To a man labouring under calamity the heat of his own fire hath sadness in it. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

labouring in Scrabble®

The word labouring 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: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters labouring:

LABOURING
(117)
LABOURING
(117)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

blaring, burling, languor

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word labouring

LABOURING
(117)
LABOURING
(117)
LABOURING
(78)
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(52)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In labouring

LABOURING
(117)
LABOURING
(117)
BURLING
(90 = 40 + 50)
BLARING
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BLARING
(89 = 39 + 50)
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LANGUOR
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LANGUOR
(80 = 30 + 50)
LANGUOR
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BURLING
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BLARING
(78 = 28 + 50)
LABOURING
(78)
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(78)
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LANGUOR
(77 = 27 + 50)
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(77 = 27 + 50)
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LANGUOR
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BLARING
(76 = 26 + 50)
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BROGAN
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(36)
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(36)
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(36)
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(36)
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(33)
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labouring in Words With Friends™

The word labouring 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: 17

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

LABOURING
(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

blaring, burling, languor

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word labouring

LABOURING
(189)
LABOURING
(114)
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(114)
LABOURING
(87)
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(87)
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(80)
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(38)
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(20)
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(19)
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(18)
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(18)

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

LABOURING
(189)
LABOURING
(114)
LABOURING
(114)
BURLING
(110 = 75 + 35)
BLARING
(107 = 72 + 35)
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(104 = 69 + 35)
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(104 = 69 + 35)
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LANGUOR
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LABOURING
(87)
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(87)
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(83 = 48 + 35)
LANGUOR
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GOBLIN
(81)
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(81 = 46 + 35)
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(80)
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(79 = 44 + 35)
LUBING
(78)
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(78)
LANGUOR
(77 = 42 + 35)
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(77 = 42 + 35)
BURLING
(77 = 42 + 35)
LANGUOR
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LABOURING
(76)
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(76)
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(75)
BALING
(75)
BLARING
(75 = 40 + 35)
LOBING
(75)
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(73 = 38 + 35)
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(72)
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(71 = 36 + 35)
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(69 = 34 + 35)
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LABOUR
(69)
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(69)
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(69)
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(68)
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(68)
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ROBING
(66)
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(66)
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(66)
BROGAN
(66)
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(66)
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(66)
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(66)
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(66)
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ALBINO
(63)
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(63)
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(63 = 28 + 35)
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(63)
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(63)
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(63)
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(63)
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AIRGUN
(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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LABOUR
(57)
LINGUA
(57)
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(57)
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(57)
LANGUR
(57)
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(57 = 22 + 35)
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(57)
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(57)
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(57)
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(57)
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(57)
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(57)
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(57)
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(57)
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(57)
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(57)
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(56 = 21 + 35)
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(56)
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(56)
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(56)
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(54)
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(54)
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GLOB
(54)
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(54)
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(54)
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(54)
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GLIB
(54)
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BLUING
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BANG
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Words containing the sequence labouring

Words that start with labouring (2 words)

Words with labouring in them (1 word)

Words that end with labouring (4 words)

Word Growth involving labouring

Shorter words in labouring

ab lab labour

la lab labour

our labour

in ring

Longer words containing labouring

belabouring

labouringly

outlabouring

overlabouring