working

working is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Work. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Work
2. a & n. from Work.
3. noun. a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked

   Synonyms: workings

4. adjective. serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity

   "discussed the working draft of a peace treaty"

   "they need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects"

5. adjective. actively engaged in paid work

   "the working population"

   "the ratio of working men to unemployed"

6. adjective. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing

   "in running (or working) order"

   "a functional set of brakes"

   Synonyms: functional, operative, running

7. adjective. adopted as a temporary basis for further work

   "a working draft"

   "a working hypothesis"

8. adjective. adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something

   "the party has a working majority in the House"

   "a working knowledge of Spanish"

Synonyms

workings, functional, operative, running

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in working:

kingrow

Common word forms

work, workings, workingly

Words from these letters

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