Bilging
7 lettersverbrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Present participle of bilge, referring to water accumulating in or leaking into the lowest part of a ship's hull.
“The crew worked through the night bilging the flooded lower deck before the vessel could right itself.”
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bilg·ing
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Wordle
Ends in -ING and contains B and G flanking the IL cluster, with no immediately obvious close Wordle companion words
Scrabble
Worth 11 points with B(3) beginning a word with common ending tiles, and BILGING clears the ING rack portion efficiently
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