Definition of watching

"watching" in the noun sense

1. observation, observance, watching

the act of observing taking a patient look

"watching" in the verb sense

1. watch

look attentively

"watch a basketball game"

2. watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on

follow with the eyes or the mind

"Keep an eye on the baby, please!"

"The world is watching Sarajevo"

"She followed the men with the binoculars"

3. watch, view, see, catch, take in

see or watch

"view a show on television"

"This program will be seen all over the world"

"view an exhibition"

"Catch a show on Broadway"

"see a movie"

4. watch, look on

observe with attention

"They watched as the murderer was executed"

5. watch, look out, watch out

be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful

"Watch out for pickpockets!"

6. watch

observe or determine by looking

"Watch how the dog chases the cats away"

7. determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn

find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

"I want to see whether she speaks French"

"See whether it works"

"find out if he speaks Russian"

"Check whether the train leaves on time"

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

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Quotations for watching

You can observe a lot just by watching. [ Yogi Berra ]

Everybody in this world wants watching, but nobody more than ourselves. [ H. W. Shaw ]

Don't seem to be on the lookout for crows, else you'll set other people watching. [ George Eliot ]

If you go parachuting, and your parachute doesn't open, and you friends are all watching you fall, I think a funny gag would be to pretend you were swimming. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

Greatness can only be rightly estimated when minuteness is justly reverenced. Greatness is the aggregation of minuteness; nor can its sublimity be felt truthfully by any mind unaccustomed to the affectionate watching of what is least. [ John Ruskin ]

For ages the world has been waiting and watching; millions, with broken hearts, have hovered around the yawning abyss; but no echo has come back from the engulfing gloom - silence, oblivion, covers all. If indeed they survive; if they went away whole and victorious, they give us no signals. We wait for years, but no messages come from the far-away shore to which they have gone. [ Bishop R. S. Foster ]

What is more pleasing than the sight of the affectionate mother, watching with untiring devotion over her helpless child? Who can contemplate her devotion to the object of her love, enduring his waywardness, forgiving his faults, relieving his pains, and enjojdng his pleasures; pouring incessantly into his opening soul the mature wisdom of her counsels, and following him with her untiring prayers, as he finally goes forth to battle with the temptations and trials of life, without feeling that the true mother's heart is the noblest of heaven's gifts? [ H. Winslow ]

watching in Scrabble®

The word watching 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: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters watching:

WATCHING
(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

chinwag, thawing

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word watching

WATCHING
(189)
WATCHING
(180)
WATCHING
(126)
WATCHING
(120)
WATCHING
(68)
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(68)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In watching

WATCHING
(189)
WATCHING
(180)
WATCHING
(126)
WATCHING
(120)
CHINWAG
(114 = 64 + 50)
CHINWAG
(110 = 60 + 50)
CHINWAG
(110 = 60 + 50)
CHINWAG
(107 = 57 + 50)
THAWING
(106 = 56 + 50)
CHINWAG
(104 = 54 + 50)
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(104 = 54 + 50)
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(104 = 54 + 50)
THAWING
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CHINWAG
(101 = 51 + 50)
CHINWAG
(101 = 51 + 50)
CHINWAG
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CHINWAG
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THAWING
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CHINWAG
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHINWAG
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CHINWAG
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THAWING
(95 = 45 + 50)
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(95 = 45 + 50)
THAWING
(95 = 45 + 50)
THAWING
(95 = 45 + 50)
THAWING
(94 = 44 + 50)
CHINWAG
(94 = 44 + 50)
THAWING
(92 = 42 + 50)
CHINWAG
(90 = 40 + 50)
CHINWAG
(90 = 40 + 50)
CHINWAG
(90 = 40 + 50)
CHINWAG
(88 = 38 + 50)
CHINWAG
(88 = 38 + 50)
THAWING
(86 = 36 + 50)
CHINWAG
(86 = 36 + 50)
CHINWAG
(86 = 36 + 50)
CHINWAG
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CHINWAG
(86 = 36 + 50)
THAWING
(84 = 34 + 50)
CHINWAG
(84 = 34 + 50)
CHINWAG
(84 = 34 + 50)
THAWING
(82 = 32 + 50)
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(82 = 32 + 50)
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(82 = 32 + 50)
THAWING
(82 = 32 + 50)
CHINWAG
(82 = 32 + 50)
CHINWAG
(82 = 32 + 50)
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(82 = 32 + 50)
THAWING
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CHINWAG
(82 = 32 + 50)
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THAWING
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CHINWAG
(76 = 26 + 50)
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(75 = 25 + 50)
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(74 = 24 + 50)
CHINWAG
(73 = 23 + 50)
CHINWAG
(72 = 22 + 50)
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(71 = 21 + 50)
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THAWING
(70 = 20 + 50)
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(69 = 19 + 50)
CHINWAG
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WATCHING
(68)
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(68 = 18 + 50)
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CHINWAG
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(68)
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(67 = 17 + 50)
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(67 = 17 + 50)
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(66 = 16 + 50)
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(66 = 16 + 50)
WATCHING
(63)
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(57)
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(54)
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(36)
ACHING
(36)

watching in Words With Friends™

The word watching 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 watching:

WATCHING
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

chinwag, thawing

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word watching

WATCHING
(162)
WATCHING
(150)
WATCHING
(92)
WATCHING
(88)
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(87)
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(87)
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(81)
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(76)
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(54)
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(50)
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(46)
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(22)
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(22)
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(21)
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(20)
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(20)

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

WATCHING
(162)
WATCHING
(150)
CHINWAG
(131 = 96 + 35)
THAWING
(122 = 87 + 35)
CHINWAG
(119 = 84 + 35)
CHINWAG
(119 = 84 + 35)
THAWING
(116 = 81 + 35)
CHINWAG
(113 = 78 + 35)
CHINWAG
(107 = 72 + 35)
CHINWAG
(107 = 72 + 35)
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(107 = 72 + 35)
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(107 = 72 + 35)
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(107 = 72 + 35)
CHINWAG
(107 = 72 + 35)
THAWING
(104 = 69 + 35)
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CHINWAG
(101 = 66 + 35)
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(101 = 66 + 35)
THAWING
(98 = 63 + 35)
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(98 = 63 + 35)
THAWING
(95 = 60 + 35)
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(95 = 60 + 35)
CHINWAG
(95 = 60 + 35)
THAWING
(95 = 60 + 35)
CAWING
(93)
THAWING
(92 = 57 + 35)
THAWING
(92 = 57 + 35)
WATCHING
(92)
WATCHING
(88)
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(87)
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(87)
CHINWAG
(87 = 52 + 35)
CHINWAG
(87 = 52 + 35)
WATCHING
(87)
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(87)
THAWING
(86 = 51 + 35)
HAWING
(84)
CHINWAG
(83 = 48 + 35)
CHINWAG
(83 = 48 + 35)
WATCHING
(81)
WATCHING
(81)
CHINWAG
(79 = 44 + 35)
CHINWAG
(79 = 44 + 35)
CHINWAG
(77 = 42 + 35)
THAWING
(77 = 42 + 35)
THAWING
(77 = 42 + 35)
CHINWAG
(77 = 42 + 35)
WATCHING
(76)
WATCHING
(76)
CHINWAG
(75 = 40 + 35)
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THAWING
(73 = 38 + 35)
CHINWAG
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THAWING
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CHINWAG
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CAWING
(69)
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(69)
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(69 = 34 + 35)
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CAWING
(69)
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(69)
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(67 = 32 + 35)
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HAWING
(66)
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(66)
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(66)
ACHING
(66)
ACHING
(66)
WINCH
(66)
WINCH
(66)
CHINWAG
(65 = 30 + 35)
THAWING
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CHINWAG
(64 = 29 + 35)
CAWING
(63)
WATCH
(63)
CHINWAG
(63 = 28 + 35)
WITCH
(63)
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(63)
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(63)
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(63)
CHINWAG
(61 = 26 + 35)
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(61 = 26 + 35)
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ACTING
(60)
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(60)
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(60 = 25 + 35)
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(60 = 25 + 35)
ACTING
(60)
WIGHT
(60)
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THAWING
(60 = 25 + 35)
CAWING
(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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(60 = 25 + 35)
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(59 = 24 + 35)
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(58 = 23 + 35)
THAWING
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CHINWAG
(57 = 22 + 35)
CHAIN
(57)
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(57 = 22 + 35)
THAWING
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THAWING
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HATING
(57)
CHINWAG
(57 = 22 + 35)
CHANT
(57)
HATING
(57)
CHINA
(57)
ACING
(57)
TWANG
(57)
WITCH
(57)
AWING
(57)
THAWING
(57 = 22 + 35)
WATCH
(57)
CAWING
(57)
THAWING
(56 = 21 + 35)
WINCH
(56)
HAWING
(56)
ACHING
(56)
ACHING
(56)
CHINWAG
(56 = 21 + 35)
HAWING
(56)
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(56 = 21 + 35)
THAWING
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CHINWAG
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GNAW
(54)
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(54)
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(54 = 19 + 35)
ACTING
(54)
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(54)
WIGHT
(54)
THAWING
(54 = 19 + 35)
WING
(54)
CHINWAG
(54 = 19 + 35)
WATCHING
(54)
AITCH
(54)
CHINWAG
(54 = 19 + 35)
ACHING
(54)
CHIN
(54)
THAWING
(54 = 19 + 35)
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CHINWAG
(53 = 18 + 35)
WITCH
(52)
THAWING
(52 = 17 + 35)
WATCH
(52)
THAWING
(52 = 17 + 35)
THAWING
(52 = 17 + 35)
ACING
(51)
THAW
(51)
TWANG
(51)
CAWING
(51)
WITAN
(51)
THAWING
(51 = 16 + 35)
CHINA
(51)
AWING
(51)
HATING
(51)
WITH
(51)
ANTIC
(51)
THAWING
(51 = 16 + 35)
CHAT
(51)
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WHAT
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NICHT
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Words within the letters of watching

2 letter words in watching (10 words)

6 letter words in watching (5 words)

7 letter words in watching (2 words)

8 letter words in watching (1 word)

watching + 1 blank (1 word)

watching + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence watching

Words that start with watching (1 word)

Words with watching in them (2 words)

Word Growth involving watching

Shorter words in watching

hi chi chin

in chin

at watch

Longer words containing watching

birdwatching

doomwatching doomwatchings

overwatching

rewatching firewatching

weightwatching