Bumming
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Present participle of bum, describing the act of living idly, loafing, or obtaining things by cadging from others.
“He spent the summer bumming around the south of France with no particular plan.”
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bum·ming
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Wordle
Contains double M and ends in -ING, test M as a repeated consonant and check for -ING as the suffix
Scrabble
Worth 14 points, the double M and -ING ending make this a strong rack-clearing 7-letter play
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