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Yes, STARTING is a Scrabble word!
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- Scrabble US: valid, 9 points.
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About STARTING
STARTING is a valid word in the official Scrabble dictionary (US), the UK Scrabble Dictionary and Words with Friends (ENABLE).
Definitions
noun
- a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
verb
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- set in motion, cause to start
- leave
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- bring into being
- get off the ground
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- get going or set in motion
- begin or set in motion
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- play in the starting lineup
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- bulge outward
adjective
- (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear
- appropriate to the beginning or start of an event
Synonyms
Also: get down, start out, set about, set out, lead off, set forth, set off, take off, start up, embark on, get going, take up, pop out, bulge out, bug out, come out.