Gilding
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A thin decorative coating of gold or gold-coloured material applied to a surface.
“The gilding on the picture frame had begun to flake away with age.”
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gild·ing
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GILDING ends in -ING and GILD is the root, no uncommon letters make this a solid Wordle guess
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Scrabble
G(2)+I(1)+L(1)+D(2)+I(1)+N(1)+G(2)=10 points, two G's add moderate value, hooks cleanly with -S
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