What it means
- (verb) (sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate. “Please strike the last sentence.”
- (verb) (physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect.
- (verb) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate. “A tree strikes its roots deep.”
- (verb) (personal, social) To have a sharp or severe effect.
- (verb) To touch; to act by appulse.
- (verb) To take down, especially in the following contexts.
- (verb) To set off on a walk or trip. “They struck off along the river.”
- (verb) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- (verb) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into. “to strike into reputation; to strike into a run”
- (verb) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- (verb) To make and ratify. “to strike a bargain”
- (verb) To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
Letter analysis
- Striking contains 8 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 13.
Anagram plays
Sub-words
- skirting
- risking
- irking
- kiting
- rising
- siring
- siting
- skiing
- string
- tiring
- girts
- grins
- grist
- grits
- kings
- knits
- rings
- rinks
- skirt
- sting
- stink
- tings
- gins
- girt
- gist
- grin
- grit
- inks
- iris
- irks
- king
- kits
- knit
- nits
- rigs
- ring
- rink
- risk
- sign
- sing
- sink
- skin
- skit
- snit
- stir
- ting
- tins
- trig
- gin
- ink
- ins
- int
- irk
- its
- kin
- kit
- nit
- rig
- sin
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 STR
- straddle
- straddled
- straddles
- straddling
- strafe
- strafed
- strafes
- strafing
- straggle
- straggled
- straggler
- stragglers
- straggles
- stragglier
- straggliest
- straggling
- straggly
- straight
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Words ending with ING
Common questions
What does Striking mean?
(sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
What are the anagrams of Striking?
Valid anagrams: skirting.
How many letters are in Striking?
Striking has 8 letters.
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