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SWING
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
- changing location by moving back and forth
- a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball"
- the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
- a sweeping blow or stroke; "he took a wild swing at my head"
- mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
- a jaunty rhythm in music
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- 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
- alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"
- hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"
- engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends; "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
- move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"
- change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward"
- move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot
- influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side"
- live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"
- hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
- 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.