Words That End In -ING
Quick answer: There are 12,564 valid words that end in -ING in the ENABLE word list this tool uses. Type your letters into the Word Unscrambler to find the ones your rack can actually play.
The -ING ending is one of the most common in English — the present participle of verbs plus many nouns. This list has every valid word that ends in -ING.
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Base Scrabble tile scores, before board premiums — the highest-value words that end in -ING.
4 letters
ding, king, ling, ping, ring, sing, ting, wing, zing
5 letters
acing, aging, aping, awing, axing, being, boing, bring, cling, cuing, doing, dying, eking, eying, fling, going, hying, icing, iring, lying, ohing, oping, owing, piing, ruing, sling, sting, suing, swing, thing, tying, using, vying, wring
6 letters
aahing, abying, aching, acting, adding, ageing, aiding, ailing, aiming, airing, anting, arcing, arming, ashing, asking, auding, aweing, awning, baaing, baking, baling, baning, baring, basing, bating, baying, biding, biking, biting, bluing, boding, boning, booing, boring, bowing, boxing, busing, buying, caging, caking, caning, caring, casing, caving, cawing, ceding, cering, citing, cluing, coding, coking, coming, coning, cooing, coping, coring, coting, coving, cowing, coxing, coying, crying, cubing, cueing, curing, daring, dating, dawing, dazing, deking, dewing, dicing, dieing, diking, dining, diving, doling, doming, doping, dosing, doting, dowing, dozing, drying, duding, duking, duping, during, dyeing, dyking, earing, easing, eating, ebbing, eching, edging, egging, ending, erring, eyeing, facing, fading, faking, faming, faring, fating, faxing, faying, fazing, feeing, feting, feuing, fifing, filing, fining, firing, fixing, flying, foxing, frying, fuming, fusing, fuzing, gaeing, gaging, gaming, gaping, gating, gazing, geeing, gibing, gieing, giving, gluing, goring, guying, gybing, gyring, gyving, hading, haeing, haling, haring, hating, having, hawing, haying, hazing, hewing, hexing, hiding, hieing, hiking, hiring, hiving, hoeing, hoking, holing, homing, honing, hoping, hosing, hyping, idling, imping, inking, inning, irking, isling, jading, japing, jawing, jeeing, jewing, jibing, jiving, joking, jowing, joying, juking, keying, kiting, lacing, lading, laking, laming, lasing, laving, lawing, laying, lazing, liking, liming, lining, living, looing, loping, losing, loving, lowing, loxing, luring, luting, lysing, macing, making, mating, mawing, maying, mazing, meting, mewing, miking, miming, mining, miring, mixing, mooing, moping, moving, mowing, muling, muring, musing, muting, naming, niding, nixing, nosing, noting, nuking, oaring, offing, ogling, oiling, oohing, oozing, opting, orbing, outing, owning, pacing, paging, paling, paring, paving, pawing, paying, peeing, pieing
7 letters
abasing, abating, abiding, aboding, abusing, addling, adoring, airting, alining, allying, amazing, ambling, amusing, aneling, angling, ankling, anteing, arching, arcking, argling, arguing, arising, atoning, autoing, avowing, awaking, babying, baching, backing, badging, baffing, bagging, bailing, baiting, balding, balking, balling, bamming, banding, banging, banking, banning, barbing, barding, barfing, barging, barking, barring, bashing, basking, basting, bathing, batting, batwing, bawling, beading, beaming, beaning, bearing, beating, becking, bedding, beefing, beeping, begging, belling, belting, belying, bending, besting, betting, biasing, bibbing, bidding, biffing, bigging, bilging, bilking, billing, binding, binging, binning, birding, birling, birring, bitting, blaming, blaring, blawing, blazing, blowing, blueing, bluming, boating, bobbing, bodying, bogging, boiling, bolling, bolting, bombing, bonding, bonging, bonking, boobing, booking, booming, booting, boozing, bopping, bossing, bousing, bowling, bowsing, bracing, braking, braving, braying, brazing, brewing, bribing, brining, broking, bruting, bucking, budding, budging, buffing, bugging, bugling, bulging, bulking, bulling, bumming, bumping, bunging, bunking, bunting, buoying, burking, burling, burning, burping, burring, burying, bushing, busking, bussing, busting, busying, butling, butting, buzzing, byrling, cabbing, cabling, caching, cadging, calking, calling, calming, calving, camping, canning, canting, capping, carding, carking, carling, carping, carting, carving, cashing, casking, casting, catling, catting, causing, ceasing, ceiling, celling, censing, cessing, chafing, charing, chasing, chawing, chewing, chiding, chiming, chining, choking, choring, chowing, chuting, clawing, claying, cleping, clewing, cloning, closing, cloying, clueing, coaling, coaming, coating, coaxing, cocking, codding, codling, coffing, cogging, coifing, coiling, coining, combing, comping, conking, conning, cooking, cooling, cooping, copping, copying, cording, corking, corning, coshing, costing, cosying, couping, cowling, cozying, craning, craping, crating, craving, crazing, creping, crewing, crowing, cuffing, culling, culming, cunning, cupping, curbing, curding, curling, curring
8 letters
abashing, abducing, abetting, abjuring, ablating, aborning, aborting, abrading, abutting, acceding, accruing, accusing, adapting, adducing, adeeming, adhering, adjuring, admiring, admixing, adopting, adorning, advising, aerating, affixing, agenting, agisting, agnizing, agreeing, airthing, alarming, alerting, alibiing, aliening, aligning, allaying, alleging, allowing, alloying, alluding, alluring, altering, amassing, amending, amercing, anearing, angeling, angering, annexing, annoying, antiking, anviling, anything, applying, apposing, aproning, arcading, armoring, arousing, arraying, arriving, arrowing, aspiring, assaying, assuming, assuring, atheling, attiring, attuning, auditing, auguring, availing, avenging, averring, averting, aviating, avoiding, avulsing, awaiting, awarding, babbling, baffling, bandying, bantling, batching, battling, baulking, beaching, bearding, becoming, bedewing, beeswing, beetling, begazing, behaving, behoving, belaying, belching, bellying, bemiring, bemixing, bemusing, benaming, benching, beraking, berating, beriming, berrying, berthing, betaking, betiding, beveling, bewaring, biassing, bielding, bighting, bingeing, birching, birthing, bitching, bitewing, blabbing, blacking, blanking, blasting, blatting, blearing, bleating, bleeding, bleeping, blending, blessing, blinding, blinking, blipping, blissing, blitzing, bloating, blobbing, blocking, blooding, blooming, blooping, blotting, blousing, blubbing, bluffing, blunging, blunting, blurbing, blurring, blurting, blushing, boarding, boasting, bobbling, bogeying, boggling, boodling, boogying, boosting, borating, bosoming, botching, bottling, bouncing, bounding, boweling, bowering, bradding, bragging, braiding, brailing, braining, braising, branding, branning, brassing, bravoing, brawling, breading, breaking, breaming, breeding, breezing, bricking, bridging, bridling, briefing, brimming, bringing, brisking, brisling, broiling, bronzing, brooding, brooking, brooming, browning, browsing, bruising, bruiting, brushing, bubbling, buckling, buddying, building, bullring, bullying, bumbling, bunching, buncoing, bundling, bungling, bunkoing, burbling, burgling, bursting, bustling, bylining, cabining, cackling, caddying, cageling, cajoling, calquing, cameoing, canaling, candling, candying, canoeing, capering, caroling, caroming, carrying, castling, catching, catering, caulking, caviling, centring, chaffing, chaining, chairing, chalking, champing, chancing, changing, chanting, chapping, charging
The most common of the 12,564 matches in the ENABLE open word list, grouped by length. Use the Word Unscrambler with your exact letters to see which of them you can actually play.
Game Strategy
In Scrabble, -ING is a powerful ending: it turns many verbs into 7- and 8-letter bingos, and the G often lands on a premium square.
Going Deeper
Words ending in -ING dominate English because nearly every verb forms a present participle (RUN → RUNNING, PLAY → PLAYING). In word games this ending is gold: adding -ING to a stem you already hold is a common route to a seven-letter bingo, and the -ING itself hooks onto board words. Beyond verbs, many nouns end -ING (STRING, SPRING, CEILING). Feed your rack to the unscrambler and filter by this ending.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many words end in -ING?
The ENABLE word list contains 12,564 words ending in -ING, one of the largest suffix families in English. This page shows them grouped by length so the shorter, more playable ones come first. The count is high because nearly every verb forms a present participle. Use the unscrambler with your own letters to find the ones you can actually play.
Why is -ING useful in Scrabble?
The -ING ending is useful in Scrabble because so many verbs take it that adding the three tiles to a stem you already hold is one of the easiest routes to a seven-letter bingo and its 50-point bonus. The G is also worth 2 points, so it pays a little extra when it catches a premium square. Beyond bingos, -ING hooks cleanly onto verbs already on the board. Holding I, N and G together is usually worth keeping rather than exchanging.
What kinds of words end in -ING?
Most -ING words are present participles and gerunds formed from verbs (RUN becomes RUNNING, PLAY becomes PLAYING), but a substantial minority are ordinary nouns: STRING, SPRING, CEILING, EVENING, MORNING and BUILDING. A few are adjectives, such as CHARMING and CUNNING. The noun group matters because those words are valid even when the corresponding verb is not. This page lists all three types together.
When does a letter double before -ING?
A final consonant doubles before -ING when the verb ends in a single vowel plus a single consonant and the last syllable is stressed: RUN becomes RUNNING, SIT becomes SITTING, BEGIN becomes BEGINNING. It does not double after two vowels (SEAT becomes SEATING) or when the stress falls earlier (OPEN becomes OPENING). A silent E is dropped instead, so MAKE becomes MAKING. Getting the rule right avoids challenging a word that is actually valid.