Definition of HILDING

hilding

Plural: hildings

Noun

  • A contemptible, worthless, or vile person.
  • A wretch, a contemptible person.

Examples

  • He felt like a HILDING for blocking his opponent’s triple-word score with a two-letter word.

Origin / Etymology

Unknown. Likely a contraction of earlier hilderling, itself an alteration of hinderling.

Scrabble Score: 12

hilding: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hilding: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hilding: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

hilding: valid Words With Friends Word