Definition of sting

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• sting is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
• sting is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
• sting is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8

Definition of sting

• a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. bite
  2. insect bite
• a mental pain or distress (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. pang
• operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act (noun)

  Examples

  1. the police conducted a sting operation

  Synonyms

  1. sting operation
• deliver a sting to (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. bite
  2. prick
• cause a stinging pain (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. prick
  2. twinge
• cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. bite
  2. burn
• a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung (noun)

  Examples

  1. the sting of death
  2. he felt the stinging of nettles

  Synonyms

  1. stinging
• a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. bunco
  2. bunco game
  3. bunko
  4. bunko game
  5. con
  6. con game
  7. confidence game
  8. confidence trick
  9. flimflam
  10. hustle
• saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. stick
• cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging (verb)

See definition of sting in Merriam Webster