Definition of professing

"professing" in the noun sense

1. profession, professing

an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion

"a profession of disagreement"

"professing" in the verb sense

1. profess

practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about

"She professes organic chemistry"

2. profess

confess one's faith in, or allegiance to

"The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"

"he professes to be a Communist"

3. concede, profess, confess

admit (to a wrongdoing

"She confessed that she had taken the money"

4. profess

state freely

"The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"

5. profess

receive into a religious order or congregation

6. profess

take vows, as in religious order

"she professed herself as a nun"

7. profess, pretend

state insincerely

"He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"

"She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"

"She pretends to be an expert on wine"

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Quotations for professing

Ceremony and great professing renders friendships as much suspected as it does religion. [ Wycherley ]

Take heed of a speedy professing friend; love is never lasting which flames before it burns. [ Feltham ]

professing in Scrabble®

The word professing 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: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters professing:

PROFESSING
(180)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (25 words)

engross, fingers, foreign, fringes, ignores, ingress, persons, pigeons, pingers, pingoes, prisons, profess, regions, resigns, respins, seniors, signers, signors, singers, snipers, spinose, sponger, sponges, sporing, springs

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word professing

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

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professing in Words With Friends™

The word professing 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™ Play In The Letters professing:

PROFESSING
(261)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (25 words)

engross, fingers, foreign, fringes, ignores, ingress, persons, pigeons, pingers, pingoes, prisons, profess, regions, resigns, respins, seniors, signers, signors, singers, snipers, spinose, sponger, sponges, sporing, springs

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word professing

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

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Words within the letters of professing

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professing + 1 blank (1 word)

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Word Growth involving professing

Shorter words in professing

ess profess

of profess

in sin sing

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