Meaning
- (verb) To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
- (verb) To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
- (verb) (To cause) to become scorched or singed
- (verb) To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively).
- (verb) To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
- (verb) To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence.
- (verb) To ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway.
- (noun) The act or result of something being scorched.
- (adjective) Very hot. “It was a scorching summer, and the ice-cream sellers plied a roaring trade.”
- (adjective) Bitterly sarcastic; scathing; withering.
- (adjective) (Of speed when driving, running, etc.) very high.
Letter breakdown
- Scorching contains 9 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 7 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 17.
Words from these letters
- chronic
- horsing
- scoring
- shoring
- chinos
- choirs
- conchs
- conics
- coring
- cosign
- groins
- hosing
- rhinos
- scorch
- chino
- chins
- choir
- cinch
- coins
- conch
- conic
- corns
- croci
- grins
- groin
- hings
- horns
- icons
- irons
- rhino
- rings
- rosin
- scion
- scorn
- scrog
- shorn
- sonic
- chic
- chin
- cogs
- coin
- cons
- corn
- gins
- gosh
- grin
- hing
- hogs
- horn
- icon
- inch
- incs
- ions
- iron
- nigh
- nosh
- orcs
- rich
- rigs
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 SCO
- scoff
- scoffed
- scoffing
- scofflaw
- scofflaws
- scoffs
- scold
- scolded
- scolding
- scoldings
- scolds
- scoliosis
- scollop
- scolloped
- scolloping
- scollops
- sconce
- sconces
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Words ending with ING
Reader questions
What does Scorching mean?
To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
How many letters are in Scorching?
Scorching has 9 letters.
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