Herding
7 lettersverbmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Present participle of herd, meaning the act of gathering and driving a group of animals or people together in a particular direction.
“The border collies spent the morning herding the sheep into the lower field before the shearer arrived.”
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Wordle
Starts with HERD. The ING ending is extremely common across Wordle answers and a natural starting guess
Scrabble
Scores around 12 points. The G and D add modest value and the ING ending provides plentiful extension hooks
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