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Definition of polishing

"polishing" in the noun sense

1. shining, polishing

the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it

"the shining of shoes provided a meager living"

"every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing"

"polishing" in the verb sense

1. polish, smooth, smoothen, shine

make (a surface) shine

"shine the silver, please"

"polish my shoes"

2. polish, refine, fine-tune, down

improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

"refine one's style of writing"

3. polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up

bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

"polish your social manners"

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

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Quotations for polishing

The labour and tediousness of polishing as with a file. [ Horace ]

What is really beautiful needs no adorning. We do not grind down the pearl upon a polishing stone. [ Sataka ]

A blemish may be removed from a diamond by careful polishing, but evil words once spoken cannot be effaced. [ Confucius ]

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polishing in Scrabble®

The word polishing 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® Play In The Letters polishing:

POLISHING

(171)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (6 words)

lisping, longish, pilings, poising, sloping, soiling

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word polishing

POLISHING

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

POLISHING

(171)

POLISHING

(144)

POLISHING

(114)

POLISHING

(96)

LONGISH

(95 = 45 + 50)

LONGISH

(94 = 44 + 50)

LISPING

(90 = 40 + 50)

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POISING

(89 = 39 + 50)

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LONGISH

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SLOPING

(89 = 39 + 50)

SLOPING

(89 = 39 + 50)

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(89 = 39 + 50)

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(86 = 36 + 50)

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LISPING

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(86 = 36 + 50)

LONGISH

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(86 = 36 + 50)

LONGISH

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(83 = 33 + 50)

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(82 = 32 + 50)

LONGISH

(82 = 32 + 50)

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(80 = 30 + 50)

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(64 = 14 + 50)

POISING

(64 = 14 + 50)

SOILING

(64 = 14 + 50)

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polishing in Words With Friends™

The word polishing 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: 18

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

POLISHING

(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (6 words)

lisping, longish, pilings, poising, sloping, soiling

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word polishing

POLISHING

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

POLISHING

(234)

POLISHING

(144)

POLISHING

(120)

SLOPING

(113 = 78 + 35)

SLOPING

(113 = 78 + 35)

PILINGS

(113 = 78 + 35)

LISPING

(113 = 78 + 35)

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(107 = 72 + 35)

POISING

(104 = 69 + 35)

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(101 = 66 + 35)

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(101 = 66 + 35)

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(101 = 66 + 35)

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(101 = 66 + 35)

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LONGISH

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(98 = 63 + 35)

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(98 = 63 + 35)

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POLISHING

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(89 = 54 + 35)

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POLISHING

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LONGISH

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(86 = 51 + 35)

POLISHING

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HOPING

(84)

SLOPING

(83 = 48 + 35)

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POLISHING

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(79 = 44 + 35)

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(79 = 44 + 35)

POLISHING

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(77 = 42 + 35)

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(76)

LISPING

(75 = 40 + 35)

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(75)

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(75 = 40 + 35)

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(75)

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(75)

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(75 = 40 + 35)

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(74 = 39 + 35)

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(74 = 39 + 35)

POISING

(73 = 38 + 35)

LONGISH

(73 = 38 + 35)

PINGOS

(72)

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(72)

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(72)

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(72)

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(71 = 36 + 35)

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PILINGS

(67 = 32 + 35)

HOPING

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SIPHON

(66)

POLISHING

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SIPHON

(66)

POLISHING

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POSING

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HOLING

(66)

HOPING

(66)

SLOPING

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SOILING

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POLISHING

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(63 = 28 + 35)

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(63 = 28 + 35)

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Words within the letters of polishing

2 letter words in polishing (10 words)

go hi in is no oh on os pi so

3 letter words in polishing (27 words)

gin gos hip his hog hop ins ion lip log lop nil nip nos ohs oil ops phi pig pin pis psi sin sip sol son sop

4 letter words in polishing (40 words)

gins gosh hips hogs hops ions lion lips lisp logs loin long lops nigh nils nips oils phis pigs pili ping pins pion posh shin ship shop sigh sign silo sing slip slog slop snip snog soil soli song spin

5 letter words in polishing (11 words)

lingo lions login loins longs pingo pings pions psion sling spoil

6 letter words in polishing (13 words)

holing hoping hosing logins loping losing oiling piling pingos poling polish posing siphon

7 letter words in polishing (6 words)

lisping longish pilings poising sloping soiling

8 letter words in polishing (2 words)

longship spoiling

9 letter words in polishing (1 word)

polishing

polishing + 1 blank (1 word)

polishings

polishing + 2 blanks (5 words)

depolishing phenolising phlogistian repolishing shoplifting

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Words containing the sequence polishing

Words that start with polishing (2 words)

polishing polishings

Words with polishing in them (1 word)

polishing

Words that end with polishing (4 words)

depolishing floorpolishing polishing repolishing

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Word Growth involving polishing

Shorter words in polishing

is polish

hi shin

in shin

Longer words containing polishing

depolishing

floorpolishing

polishings

repolishing