piercing
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Is piercing a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of piercing?
Definition
verb (English)
1. cut or make a way throughExamples: "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest"Synonyms: pierce
2. move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharplyExamples: "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"Synonyms: pierce
3. sound sharply or shrillyExamples: "The scream pierced the night"Synonyms: pierce
4. penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrumentSynonyms: pierce, thrust
5. make a hole intoExamples: "The needle pierced her flesh"Synonyms: pierce
adjective satellite (English)
1. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctionsExamples: "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"Synonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing
2. painful as if caused by a sharp instrumentExamples: "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"Synonyms: cutting, keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, piercing, stabbing
Definition source: Wiktionary