What does HEADING mean?

Pronunciation
/ˈhɛdɪŋ/
Letters
7
Scrabble score
12
Words With Friends score
13
How common
Common

Meaning

noun

  1. a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about“the heading seemed to have little to do with the text”
  2. the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
  3. a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine“they dug a drift parallel with the vein”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

headings13

Anagrams of HEADING

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside HEADING

88 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

gained8aged6 dean5 gain5 hand8 hang8 head8 hide8 idea5 age4 aid4 and4die4 end4 gen4 had7nah6ad3 ah5an2de3ed3eh5en2 ha5he5 hi5 id3 in2 na2

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Questions

Is HEADING a valid word in word games?

HEADING is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is HEADING worth?

HEADING is worth 12 points with Scrabble letter values and 13 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from HEADING?

88 other words, including AND, IN, HE and AN.