ASPIRATING

10 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What ASPIRATING Means

ASPIRATING is a form of ASPIRATE, which means:

verb: remove by suction“aspirate the wound”
verb: pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
noun: a consonant pronounced with aspiration
noun: a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial /h/ sounds.“The ‘p’ in English ‘pot’ is an aspirate, but the ‘p’ in ‘spot’ is not.”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ASPIRATING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 S1 P3 I1 R1 A1 T1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In ASPIRATING

623 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.

9 letter words (1)

8 letter words (17)

APIARIST ARAISING ASPIRANT ASPIRING GRANITAS IGNATIAS INTARSIA PAGANIST PAIRINGS PARTINGS PARTISAN PIRATING PRAISING PRATINGS SPARTINA SPIRTING STRIPING

7 letter words (58)

6 letter words (96)

5 letter words (179)

AARTI AGAIN AGARS AGAST AGIST AGITA AGRIA AGRIN AIGAS AINGA AIRNS AIRTS ANGAS ANGST ANTAR ANTAS ANTIS ANTRA APART APGAR APIAN APING ARGAN ARIAS ARNAS ARPAS ARTIS ASTIR ATAPS ATIGI ATRIA ATRIP GAINS GAIRS GAITA GAITS GANTS GARIS GARNI GIANT GIRNS GIRTS GNARS GNATS GRAIN GRAIP GRANA GRANS GRANT GRASP GRINS GRIPS GRIPT GRIST GRITS INAPT INTIS INTRA IRING NAGAS NAIRA NAPAS NARAS NARIS NATIS NGATI NIPAS PAANS PAGAN PAGRI PAINS PAINT PAIRS PAISA PANGA PANGS PANTS PARAS PARIS PARTI PARTS PASTA PATIN PIANI PIANS PIING PINAS PINGS PINTA PINTS PIRAI PIRNS PITAS PRANA PRANG PRATS PRIGS PRINT RAGAS RAGIS RAIAS RAINS RAITA RAITS RANAS RANGA RANGI RANIS RANTS RASTA RATAN RATAS RIANT RIATA RINGS SAIGA SAINT SANGA SAPAN SARAN SARIN SATAI SATIN SIGNA SITAR SNIRT SPAIN SPAIT SPANG SPART SPINA SPIRT SPRAG SPRAT SPRIG SPRIT STAIG STAIN STAIR STANG STARN STING STIPA STIRP STRAG STRAP STRIA STRIG STRIP TAIGA TAIGS TAINS TAIRA TANAS TANGA TANGI TANGS TAPAS TAPIR TAPIS TARAS TARGA TARNS TARPS TARSI TASAR TIANS TIARA TIARS TINAS TINGS TIPIS TRAGI TRAIN TRANS TRAPS TRIGS TRINS TRIPS

4 letter words (172)

3 letter words (82)

AAS AGA AGS AIA AIN AIR AIS AIT ANA ANI ANS ANT APT ARS ART ASP ATS GAN GAP GAR GAS GAT GIN GIP GIS GIT ING INS ITA ITS NAG NAP NAS NAT NIP NIS NIT PAN PAR PAS PAT PIA PIG PIN PIR PIS PIT PSI PST RAG RAI RAN RAP RAS RAT RIA RIG RIN RIP RIT SAG SAI SAN SAP SAR SAT SIN SIP SIR SIT SPA SRI TAG TAI TAN TAP TAR TAS TIG TIN TIP TIS

2 letter words (18)

AA AG AI AN AR AS AT GI IN IS IT NA PA PI SI ST TA TI

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