ATTEMPTING Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What ATTEMPTING Means

ATTEMPTING is a form of ATTEMPT, which means:

noun: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something“made an effort to cover all the reading material”
noun: the act of attacking“attacks on women increased last year”
verb: make an effort or attempt“He tried to shake off his fears”
verb: enter upon an activity or enterprise

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ATTEMPTING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 T1 T1 E1 M3 P3 T1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In ATTEMPTING

320 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.

8 letter words (1)

TEMPTING

7 letter words (15)

ATTEMPT EMPTING MATTING MINTAGE PATIENT PATTING PETTING PIGMEAN PIGMEAT PIGMENT TAMPING TATTING TEAMING TEGMINA TEMPING

6 letter words (39)

5 letter words (49)

4 letter words (110)

3 letter words (82)

AGE AIM AIN AIT AME AMI AMP ANE ANI ANT APE APT ATE ATT EAN EAT ENG ETA GAE GAM GAN GAP GAT GEM GEN GET GIE GIN GIP GIT IMP ING ITA MAE MAG MAN MAP MAT MEG MEN MET MIG MNA NAE NAG NAM NAP NAT NEG NEP NET NIE NIM NIP NIT PAM PAN PAT PEA PEG PEN PET PIA PIE PIG PIN PIT TAE TAG TAI TAM TAN TAP TAT TEA TEG TEN TET TIE TIG TIN TIP

2 letter words (24)

AE AG AI AM AN AT EA EM EN ET GI IN IT MA ME MI NA NE PA PE PI TA TE TI

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ATTEMPTING