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ASSAYING

8 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What ASSAYING Means

ASSAYING is a form of ASSAY, which means:

  1. noun: an appraisal of the state of affairs“they made an assay of the contents”
  2. noun: a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components
  3. verb: analyze (chemical substances)
  4. verb: make an effort or attempt“He tried to shake off his fears”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ASSAYING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 S1 S1 A1 Y4 I1 N1 G2.

Anagrams of ASSAYING (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In ASSAYING

120 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 (3)

6 letter words (6)

5 letter words (26)

4 letter words (39)

3 letter words (33)

2 letter words (13)

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