Dictionary Entry
offing
offing is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing; we saw a ship in the offing. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing; we saw a ship in the offing.
- 2noun
the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
"there was a ship in the offing"
- 3noun
the near or foreseeable future
"there was a wedding in the offing"
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