Dunning

7 lettersnounrare

Updated June 2026

Definition

The act of making something a dull brownish-grey colour, used as the noun or gerund form derived from the colour dun.

“The dunning of the horse's coat deepened each autumn as the season changed.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

dun·ning

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Synonyms

browninggreying dulling

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Wordle

Double N in the middle with a G ending, a pattern worth remembering for uncommon words

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Scrabble

Worth 9 points, the double N uses up paired tiles and the G closes the word tidily

Words Related to Dunning

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Change a single letter of “dunning” to make these 7-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

bunning cunning denning dinning donning dunging dunking funning gunning running

Words you can make from Dunning

Shorter words formed from the letters in “dunning”.

gundi nunni undig uninn ding dung ginn guid indn

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