Heeling

7 lettersnounrare

Updated June 2026

Definition

Present participle of heel, referring to the act of tilting or leaning to one side, especially of a ship in the water.

“The yacht was heeling sharply as it caught the full force of the afternoon wind.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

heel·ing

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Synonyms

tiltingleaning listing keeling

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Wordle

Contains double E and ends in ING, the HE opening is common and a useful first guess in Wordle

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Words Related to Heeling

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “heeling” to make these 7-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

feeling healing heeding helling keeling

Words you can make from Heeling

Shorter words formed from the letters in “heeling”.

eeling heling eigne engle genie gleen glene helen helge henge hinge ingle leigh liege ligne linge neigh nigel eigh elhi elne engl gein gene

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