Doctoring

Scrabble:13 ptsWWF:16 pts9 letters
Definition of Doctoring

verb

  1. To act as a medical doctor to.

    "Her children doctored her back to health."

  2. To act as a medical doctor.
  3. To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
  4. To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.

    "They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick."

  5. To genetically alter an extant species.

    "Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored."

noun

  1. Treatment by a doctor.
Anagrams of Doctoring

No exact anagrams found for "doctoring". This word has a unique letter combination.

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Doctoring"

Doctoring is a 9-letter word that scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words With Friends.

Using "Doctoring" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "doctoring" is a medium-scoring word.