Bodying
7 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Present participle of body, giving form, substance, or tangible expression to something abstract.
“The sculptor spent months bodying forth his vision of the city in clay and twisted wire.”
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bod·y·ing
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Wordle
BODY with Y changed to I before ING, the Y-to-I vowel shift before ING is a useful Wordle rule to remember.
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Scrabble
Worth 14 points, Y and the ING sequence combine to give this uncommon gerund a solid tile value.
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