Sounding
/ˈsaʊndɪŋ/
verb
- To produce a sound.
"When the horn sounds, take cover."
- To convey an impression by one's sound.
"He sounded good when we last spoke."
- To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
- To resound.
- (often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.
verb
- Dive downwards, used of a whale.
"The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive."
- To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
"When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal."
- Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
"Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope."
- To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
"to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra"
Total: 10 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
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 "Sounding"
Sounding is a 8-letter word that scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "sounding" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.
Using "Sounding" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "sounding" is a medium-scoring word.