Definitions For Sexting

Verb

{{present participle of, en, sext, nocat=1}}

Usage notes

The verb sext, to sext is most often used in the form sexting.

Coordinate terms

textual harassment textual intercourse

Translations

French: textopornographie, f, sexting, m Spanish: sextear, mandar textos sexuales

Noun

SEXTING (uncountable) The act of transmitting and/or receiving sexually suggestive text messages and/or photographs between cell phones equipped with text messaging.

Etymology

sex, texting.{{cite book, title=globalistics and globalization studies: global transformations and global future, author=olga kornienko, grinin l, ilyin i, herrmann p, korotayev a, pages=220–225, url=https://hal-hprints.archives-ouvertes.fr/hprints-01794187/document, isbn=978-5-7057-5026-9, year=2016, place=volgograd, publisher=uchitel publishing house, chapter=social and economic background of blending, chapterurl=https://www.socionauki.ru/upload/socionauki.ru/book/files/globalistics_and_globalization_studies_5_en/220-225.pdf}}

Is Sexting a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
17

The word Sexting is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

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