What it means
- (verb) To close, to stop from being open. “Please shut the door.”
- (verb) To close, to stop being open. “If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.”
- (verb) To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed. “The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.”
- (verb) To confine in an enclosed area. “I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out.”
- (verb) To catch or snag in the act of shutting something. “He's just shut his finger in the door.”
- (verb) To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
- (noun) The act by which something is shut. “openings and shuttings of doors”
Letter analysis
- Shutting contains 8 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 12.
Sub-words
- nights
- things
- tights
- hings
- hints
- hunts
- night
- shunt
- sight
- sting
- stint
- stung
- stunt
- suing
- thing
- thins
- thugs
- tight
- tings
- tints
- units
- using
- gins
- gist
- gnus
- guns
- gush
- gust
- guts
- hing
- hint
- hits
- hugs
- hung
- hunt
- huts
- nigh
- nits
- nuts
- shin
- shit
- shun
- shut
- sigh
- sign
- sing
- situ
- snit
- snug
- stun
- suit
- sung
- thin
- this
- thug
- thus
- ting
- tins
- tint
Related words
Other 8-letter words
- aardvark
- abacuses
- abalones
- abandons
- abashing
- abattoir
- abbesses
- abdicate
- abdomens
- abducted
- abductee
- abductor
- aberrant
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
- abhorred
Words starting with SHU
- shuck
- shucked
- shucking
- shucks
- shuckses
- shudder
- shuddered
- shuddering
- shudders
- shuffle
- shuffleboard
- shuffleboards
- shuffled
- shuffler
- shufflers
- shuffles
- shuffling
- shun
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Words ending with ING
Common questions
What does Shutting mean?
To close, to stop from being open.
How many letters are in Shutting?
Shutting has 8 letters.
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