Gunning
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
The act of operating firearms, or aggressively targeting or pursuing a particular person or goal.
“The journalist was clearly gunning for a reaction from the politician throughout the interview.”
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gun·ning
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Wordle
Double N before the -ING suffix, GUN + NING, common and recognisable pattern
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Scrabble
Worth 9 points, double N, straightforward -ING extension of the base word GUN
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