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APPLYING

8 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What APPLYING Means

APPLYING is a form of APPLY, which means:

  1. verb: put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose“use your head!”
  2. verb: be pertinent or relevant or applicable“The same laws apply to you!”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

APPLYING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 P3 P3 L1 Y4 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In APPLYING

125 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 (4)

6 letter words (5)

5 letter words (24)

4 letter words (39)

3 letter words (39)

2 letter words (14)

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