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Updated June 2026
The production of books, newspapers, or other printed material by a mechanical process involving the transfer of text or designs to paper. It revolutionised the spread of information.
“The invention of printing transformed communication in the 15th century.”
/ˈprɪntɪŋ/
print·ing
Contains common letters P, R, I, N, T, G with I and N appearing twice
Worth 11 points; -ING suffix makes it versatile
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