Tailings

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:12 pts8 letters

Definition of Tailings

noun

The act of following someone.
The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
Sexual intercourse
The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.

noun

The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; gangue, slimes

Anagrams of Tailings

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "tailings":

7-LETTER WORDS

intagli lasting listing nilgais sailing salting silting slating staling tailing tilings

6-LETTER WORDS

ailing algins aligns gainst gaslit giants glints instal instil isatin isling lasing liangs ligans lingas+5 more

5-LETTER WORDS

agist algin align alist angst anils antis gains gaits giant gilts glans glias glint gnats+4 more

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "tailings" and rearranging:

+ointaglios isolating ligations

Related Word Patterns

TA...Words starting with "ta"...GSWords ending with "gs"All 8-letter words Unscramble "tailings"

Rhyming Words

ablings accountings actings advertisings ageings agentings agings ags airbags airings aliasings almsgivings almugs analogs anglings+5 more

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