Slitting

What it means

1. (verb) To cut a narrow opening. “He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.”
2. (verb) To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.
3. (verb) To cut; to sever; to divide.
4. (noun) The act by which something is slit.

Letter analysis

• Slitting contains 8 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
• It uses 6 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 9.

Sub-words

• listing
• silting
• sitting
• tilting
• titling
• glints
• instil
• siting
• tiling
• gilts
• glint
• lints
• sling
• stilt
• sting
• stint
• tilts
• tings
• tints
• gilt
• gins
• gist
• lint
• list
• nits
• sign
• silt
• sing
• slit
• snit
• tilt
• ting
• tins
• tint
• tits
• gin
• ins
• int
• its
• lii
• lit
• nil
• nit
• sin
• sit
• tin
• tit

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• abducted
• abductee
• abductor
• aberrant
• abetters
• abetting
• abettors
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Words starting with SLI

• slice
• sliced
• slicer
• slicers
• slices
• slicing
• slick
• slicked
• slicker
• slickers
• slickest
• slicking
• slickly
• slickness
• slicks
• slid
• slide
• slider

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Words ending with ING

• abandoning
• abashing
• abasing
• abating
• abbreviating
• abdicating
• abducting
• abetting
• abhorring
• abiding
• abjuring
• abnegating
• abolishing
• abominating
• aborting
• abounding
• abrading
• abridging

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