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darling

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Is darling a Scrabble word?

Yes, darling is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 9 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of darling?

Definition

noun (English)

1. A favourite.Examples: "a media darling"; "a darling of the theatre"; "[…] Auguſtius Cæſar in his very entrance into affaires, vvhen he vvas a dearling of the Senate, yet in his haranges to the people, vvould ſvveare Ita parentis honores conſequi liceat, (vvhich vvas no leſſe then the Tyranny,) […]"broadly

2. A favourite.Examples: "When kyng Henry perceiued, that the cõmons [commons] wer thus ſtomacked and bent, againſt the Quenes [Margaret of Anjou's] dearlynge William [de la Pole,] Duke of Suffolke, he plainly ſawe, that neither gloſyng woulde ſette, nor diſſimulacion coulde appeace, the continuall clamor of the importunate cõmons: Wherefore to begyn a ſhorte pacificacion in to long a broyle."; "She [Caroline of Ansbach] immediately became the darling of the Princeſs Sophia [Charlotte of Hanover], vvho vvas acknovvledged in all the Courts of Europe the moſt accompliſhed vvoman of the age in vvhich ſhe lived, and vvho vvas not a little pleaſed vvith the converſation of one in vvhom ſhe ſavv ſo lively an image of her ovvn youth."obsolete

adj (English)

1. (affected) Very cute or lovable; adorable, charming, sweet.Examples: "Well, isn’t that a darling little outfit she has on?"; "Isn't it the darlingest, sweetest, prettiest, little dear darling darling! Oh! did you ever!!"

verb (English)

1. (transitive, informal) To call (someone) "darling" (noun sense 1).Examples: "The frisky female, we have noticed, has one most unpleasant trick; it is that of darlinging and duckeying and otherwise spooneying her husband … in public. He is invariably, invariably set down as an ass, without its being in the least his fault."; "Hullo! oh! Maud, darling, I wanted to know— / Great snakes, it's not she!—I want Miss Maud DeVaux.— / I think that I "darlinged" the old man that time. / If I did, I'll sell cheap,—this lot marked down,—one dime."; "Wonderful the way you stage people darling each other. To hear you sometimes, you'd think you were passionately in love."informaltransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "darling"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "darling"?

Scrabble
9 points
D2
A1
R1
L1
I1
N1
G2
Words With Friends
12 points
D2
A1
R1
L2
I1
N2
G3

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