TELLING

Here is the definition that we have for your word, along with the words within your word

VERB
  • Definition - (archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
  • Example - All told, there were over a dozen.  Can you tell time on a clock?  He had untold wealth.
  • Definition - To narrate.
  • Example - I want to tell a story;  I want to tell you a story.
  • Definition - To convey by speech; to say.
  • Example - Finally, someone told him the truth.  He seems to like to tell lies.
  • Definition - To instruct or inform.
  • Example - Please tell me how to do it.
  • Definition - To order; to direct, to say to someone.
  • Example - Tell him to go away.
  • Definition - To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
  • Example - Can you tell whether those flowers are real or silk, from this distance?  No, there's no way to tell.
  • Definition - To reveal.
  • Example - Time will tell what became of him.
  • Definition - To be revealed.
  • Example - Time will tell what became of him.
  • Definition - To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
  • Example - Sir Gerald was moving slower; his wounds were beginning to tell.
  • Definition - To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
  • Example - Sir Gerald was moving slower; his wounds were beginning to tell.
  • Definition - To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
  • Example - I saw you steal those sweets! I'm going to tell!
  • Definition - (authorship) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show
  • Example - Maria rewrote the section of her novel that talked about Meg and Sage's friendship to have less telling and more showing.
ADJECTIVE
  • Definition - Having force, or having a marked effect; weighty, effective.
  • Example - a telling blow
  • Definition - Revealing information; bearing significance.
  • Example - a telling smile
  • Definition - Serving to convince.
  • Example - telling evidence
Words in your word
7 Letter Words
gillnet 8 telling 8
6 Letter Words
gentil 7 tingle 7 lentil 6 lintel 6
5 Letter Words
glint 6 ingle 6 legit 6 tinge 6 elint 5 inlet 5
4 Letter Words
gelt 5 gent 5 gien 5 gill 5 gilt 5 gite 5 glen 5 ling 5 ting 5 lent 4 lien 4 lilt 4 line 4 lint 4 lite 4 nill 4 nite 4 tein 4 tell 4 tile 4 till 4 tine 4
3 Letter Words
eng 4 gel 4 gen 4 get 4 gie 4 gin 4 git 4 leg 4 neg 4 teg 4 ell 3 ill 3 lei 3 let 3 lie 3 lin 3 lit 3 net 3 nil 3 nit 3 tel 3 ten 3 tie 3 til 3 tin 3
2 Letter Words
gi 3 el 2 en 2 et 2 in 2 it 2 li 2 ne 2 te 2 ti 2
Here are some of our popular Scrabble ® lists

Can you Unscramble these letters?