6 letter word challenge

[Tish]

Ardent

 

[Sunny]

Traded

 

[tinytn]

Raided

 

[Citygirl]

Rained

 

[tinytn]

Drains

 

[Katherine]

Brains

 

[Sunny]

Brings

 

[Sparky]

Boring

 

[Pink Biz]

Booing

 

[Sunny]

Boxing

 

[Tish]

What am I supposed to do with that?

Pass!

 

[Pink Biz]

Foxing

 

[tinytn]

Loxing > The act of filling (a tank) with liquid oxygen. Who knew?

 

[Katherine]

Loving

 

[Sunny]

Moving

 

[Pink Biz]

Mowing

 

[Sparky]

Towing

 

[Sunny]

Toning

 

[tinytn]

Taning

 

[Sunny]

No such word, Tiny. Were you thinking of Tanning? (7 letters)

 

[Tish]

No such word, Tiny. Were you thinking of Tanning? (7 letters)

Not so fast...

Taning
To convert (an animal hide) into leather by subjecting it to a chemical process that stabilizes the proteins, making it less susceptible to decay.

 

[Tish]

Taning

Acting

 

[Katherine]

Action

 

[Sunny]

That's interesting, Tish. I googled Taning, and google came back only with "tanning." The word may be too technical for ordinary word lists.

Contra

 

[Sparky]

Yes, it is odd, I can't find 'Taning' either. But I can find 'Tanning' also to do with leather:
Tanning (leather) - Wikipedia

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