SWING

5 letters 9 pts

Scrabble Validity

✅ Valid Word

Valid in:

  • SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
  • TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
  • ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Tile Values

S 1
W 4
I 1
N 1
G 2
Σ 9

Definitions

Noun

  1. changing location by moving back and forth
  2. a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
  3. in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball"
  4. the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
  5. a sweeping blow or stroke; "he took a wild swing at my head"
  6. mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
  7. a jaunty rhythm in music
  8. a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
  9. a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity; "the party went with a swing"; "it took time to get into the swing of things"

Verb

  1. alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"
  2. hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"
  3. engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends; "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"
  4. make a big sweeping gesture or movement
  5. play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
  6. move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"
  7. change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward"
  8. move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"
  9. be a social swinger; socialize a lot
  10. influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side"
  11. live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"
  12. hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
  13. have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing"

Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1

About the word SWING

Yes, SWING is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 9 points in Scrabble. It is recognized as a playable word in the SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK), TWL/NWL (Scrabble US), ENABLE (Words with Friends) dictionaries.

SWING is a 5-letter word. It contains 1 vowels and 4 consonants.