Messing
7 lettersnouncommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
Present participle of mess, the act of creating disorder or interfering carelessly with something.
“Stop messing with the controls or you will break the entire machine.”
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muddlingtinkeringfiddlingdisturbing
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Double S in MESS-ING, confirming the double S in early guesses helps narrow candidates significantly
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Scrabble
Worth 10 points with the double S using two tiles, but the -ING suffix hooks onto many word stems
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