Deaning
7 lettersverbrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Present participle of dean used as a verb, meaning serving in the role of an academic or ecclesiastical dean.
“After many years of teaching, she found herself deaning a faculty of over two hundred staff.”
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Ends in -ING, contains double N, D, E, A, N, I, G are all common Wordle letters
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Worth 9 points, solid play for using common vowels, -ING extends existing board words
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