Erasing
7 lettersverbcommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
Present participle of erase, meaning actively removing or eliminating something from memory, a surface, or existence.
“She spent the afternoon erasing years of graffiti from the garden wall.”
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e·ras·ing
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Ends in ING, the ERAS root is a helpful anchor and two vowels E, A, I are well-distributed
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Scrabble
Common tiles throughout, the ING ending is one of the most frequently played suffixes and fits many board gaps
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