What AFFORDING Means
AFFORDING is a form of AFFORD, which means:
- verb: be able to spare or give up“I can't afford to spend two hours with this person”
- verb: be the cause or source of“He gave me a lot of trouble”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
AFFORDING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 F4 F4 O1 R1 D2 I1 N1 G2.
Words Made From The Letters In AFFORDING
248 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
7 letter words (8)
6 letter words (18)
AFFORDDARINGDRAGONFADINGFARINGFRIANDFROINGGANOIDGONIFFGRADINIGNAROINROADOARINGOFFINGONAGRIORDAINORIGANRODING
5 letter words (43)
ADORNAGRINANDROARGONAROIDDANIODINARDINGODOINGDONGADRAFFDRAINFAGINFANGOFIORDFONDAFRONDGANOFGARNIGIRONGONADGONIAGONIFGRAFFGRAINGRANDGRIFFGRINDGROANGROININFRANADIRNAGORNGAIONIDORNORIAORANGORGANORGIARADIORADONRANGIRANID
4 letter words (90)
AFROAGINAGIOAGONAIRNARIDDAFFDAGODANGDARGDARIDARNDIFFDINGDINODOFFDONADONGDRAGFADOFAINFAIRFANDFANGFANOFARDFAROFIARFIDOFIGOFINDFINOFIRNFOIDFOINFONDFORAFORDFRAGFRIGFROGGADIGAFFGAIDGAINGAIRGARIGIRDGIRNGIROGNARGOADGOAFGOFFGORAGORIGRADGRANGRIDGRINIGADINFOINGOINROIRONNAFFNAIFNAOINARDNGAINIFFNODINOIRNORIORADRAFFRAGIRAIDRAINRANDRANGRANIRIADRIFFRINDRINGROADROANROINRONG
3 letter words (67)
ADOAFFAGOAIDAINAIRANDANIARDARFDAGDANDIFDIGDINDOFDOGDONDORFADFANFARFIDFIGFINFIRFOGFONFORFRAFROGADGANGARGIDGIFGINGIOGOAGODGONGORIFFINGIONNAGNIDNODNOGNOROAFOARODAOFFORAORDORFRADRAGRAIRANRIARIDRIFRIGRINROD
2 letter words (22)
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