yielding
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 8
/ˈjiːldɪŋ/
Definition of yielding
4 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of yield
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verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of yield
adj
- Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.
noun
- A concession.
name
- A surname.
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Etymology
From Middle English ȝeldinge, ȝeldynge, ȝeldinde, ȝeldand, from Old English ġyldende, ġieldende, present participle of ġieldan (“to yield, pay”), equivalent to yield + -ing.
Words you can make from yielding
96 playable · top: DINGILY (12 pts)
Best play dingily 12 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
7 words5-letter words
19 words4-letter words
29 words- EDGY 9 pts
- DENY 8 pts
- DYNE 8 pts
- GLEY 8 pts
- IDLY 8 pts
- IDYL 8 pts
- YELD 8 pts
- INLY 7 pts
- LINY 7 pts
- DING 6 pts
- GELD 6 pts
- GIED 6 pts
- GILD 6 pts
- GLED 6 pts
- DEIL 5 pts
- DELI 5 pts
- DENI 5 pts
- DIEL 5 pts
- DINE 5 pts
- GIEN 5 pts
- GLEN 5 pts
- IDLE 5 pts
- LEND 5 pts
- LIED 5 pts
- LING 5 pts
- NIDE 5 pts
- NIDI 5 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
3-letter words
29 words2-letter words
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