Jiving
6 lettersverbmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Present participle of jive: dancing to jive music with the energetic, improvised style characteristic of swing.
“The couple was jiving in the corner of the hall, oblivious to everyone around them.”
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jiv·ing
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Wordle
Ends in -ING, J opener with V makes this unusual, as V rarely appears near the start of words.
Scrabble
J (8) and V (4) together make JIVING a strong play, both are high-value tiles in a six-letter word.
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