Definition of letting

"letting" in the noun sense

1. lease, rental, letting

property that is leased or rented out or let

"letting" in the verb sense

1. let, allow, permit

make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

"This permits the water to rush in"

"This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"

"This will permit the rain to run off"

2. let

actively cause something to happen

"I let it be known that I was not interested"

3. permit, allow, let, countenance

consent to, give permission

"She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"

"I won't let the police search her basement"

"I cannot allow you to see your exam"

4. get, let, have

cause to move cause to be in a certain position or condition

"He got his squad on the ball"

"This let me in for a big surprise"

"He got a girl into trouble"

5. let

leave unchanged

"let it be"

6. lease, let, rent

grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

"I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"

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Quotations for letting

Dark lattice! letting in eternal day. [ Young ]

No heart opens to sympathy without letting in delicacy. [ J. M. Barrie ]

It is a great art to be superior to others without letting them know it. [ H. W. Shaw ]

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of water. [ Rivarol ]

When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone. [ Scott ]

Prudent men lock up their motives, letting familiars have a key to their hearts, as to their garden. [ Shenstone ]

Faith is letting down our nets into the untransparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall take. [ Faber ]

Pride is handsome, economical; pride eradicates so many vices, letting none subsist but itself, that it seems as if it were a great gain to exchange vanity for pride. [ Emerson ]

He that tears away a man's good name tears his flesh from his bones, and, by letting him live, gives him only a cruel opportunity of feeling his misery, of burying his better part, and surviving himself [ South ]

Revenge is fever in our own blood, to be cured only by letting the blood of another; but the remedy too often produces a relapse, which is remorse - a malady far more dreadful than the first disease, because it is incurable. [ Colton ]

Oh, my dear friends, - you who are letting miserable misunderstandings run on from year to year, meaning to clear them up some day, - if you only could know and see and feel that the time is short, how it would break the spell! How you would go instantly and do the thing which you might never have another chance to do! [ Phillips Brooks ]

letting in Scrabble®

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

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters letting:

LETTING
(82 = 32 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

letting

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word letting

LETTING
(82 = 32 + 50)
LETTING
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LETTING
(77 = 27 + 50)
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
(60 = 10 + 50)
LETTING
(59 = 9 + 50)

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

LETTING
(82 = 32 + 50)
LETTING
(80 = 30 + 50)
LETTING
(77 = 27 + 50)
LETTING
(77 = 27 + 50)
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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TINGLE
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TINGE
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GLINT
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LEGIT
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INLET
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LINE
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letting in Words With Friends™

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

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

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

LETTING
(92 = 57 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

letting

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word letting

LETTING
(92 = 57 + 35)
LETTING
(86 = 51 + 35)
LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
(46 = 11 + 35)

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

LETTING
(92 = 57 + 35)
LETTING
(86 = 51 + 35)
LETTING
(86 = 51 + 35)
LETTING
(86 = 51 + 35)
LETTING
(80 = 45 + 35)
LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
(63 = 28 + 35)
LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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TINGLE
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LETTING
(54 = 19 + 35)
LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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LETTING
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TINGLE
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LETTING
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LETTING
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GLINT
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Words within the letters of letting

2 letter words in letting (4 words)

3 letter words in letting (14 words)

4 letter words in letting (14 words)

5 letter words in letting (5 words)

6 letter words in letting (1 word)

7 letter words in letting (1 word)

letting + 1 blank (2 words)

Words containing the sequence letting

Words that start with letting (1 word)

Words with letting in them (3 words)

Word Growth involving letting

Shorter words in letting

let

in tin ting

Longer words containing letting

bloodletting bloodlettings

eyeletting

leafletting

rouletting

subletting sublettings

underletting