Meaning
- (verb) To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive) “What do you do when you come across two orphaned polar bear cubs?”
- (verb) To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to. “Removing categories orphans pages from the main category tree.”
Letter breakdown
- Orphaning contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 15.
Words from these letters
- harping
- phoning
- haring
- honing
- hoping
- oaring
- orphan
- paring
- poring
- raping
- roping
- anion
- aping
- apron
- argon
- gonna
- grain
- graph
- groan
- groin
- hogan
- organ
- piano
- prong
- rhino
- anon
- gain
- gorp
- grin
- grip
- hair
- hang
- harp
- hing
- horn
- iron
- nigh
- pain
- pair
- pang
- ping
- porn
- prig
- pron
- rain
- rang
- ring
- roan
- ago
- air
- ani
- gap
- gin
- hag
- hip
- hog
- hop
- inn
- ion
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with ORP
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Words ending with ING
Reader questions
What does Orphaning mean?
To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)
How many letters are in Orphaning?
Orphaning has 9 letters.
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