kerning
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of kerning
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)The adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs in a typeface.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)The adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs in a typeface.
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of kern
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Etymology
From kern (“part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter”) + -ing, from French carne (“corner”).
Words you can make from kerning
49 playable · top: EKING (10 pts)
Best play eking 10 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
7 words4-letter words
14 words3-letter words
19 words2-letter words
7 wordsHooks
1 extension · 1 back
A single letter you can add to kerning to make another valid word.
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