Setting
7 lettersnoun/verbcommonUpdated February 2026
Definition
The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or occurs, or putting, laying, or placing something. Settings provide context for events or represent configurations.
“The novel's setting in Victorian London created a atmospheric backdrop for the mysterious story.”
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Double T pattern; -ETTING ending with -ING suffix
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Worth 8 points; useful for building contextual vocabulary
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