What BOTHERING Means
BOTHERING is a form of BOTHER, which means:
- verb: take the trouble to do something; concern oneself“He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday”
- verb: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations“Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me”
- noun: an angry disturbance“he didn't want to make a fuss”
- noun: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness“a bit of a bother”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BOTHERING 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 B3 O1 T1 H4 E1 R1 I1 N1 G2.
Words Made From The Letters In BOTHERING
392 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 (5)
7 letter words (6)
6 letter words (44)
BEGIRTBETINGBINGERBIOGENBONIERBORINGBOTHERBOTHIEBREHONBRETONBRIGHTENGIRTERINGOETHIONGOITERGOITREGORHENHENBITHERIOTHEROINHETINGHINGERHINTERHOEINGHOGTIEHORNETIGNORENIGHERNITHERNORITENOTHEROBITERORBINGORIENTREGIONRIGHTOROBINGROTINGTHRONETHRONGTOEINGTONGERTONIERTRIGON
5 letter words (96)
BEGINBEGOTBEINGBENTOBERTHBETONBIGHTBIGOTBINERBINGEBINGOBIONTBIRTHBITERBOGIEBOINGBOITEBONIEBORNEBRENTBRINEBRINGBRITHBROGHBROTHEHINGEIGHTERGONERGOTERINGGENROGIBERGIRONGIRTHGOETHGOIERGONERGREBOGREINGRIOTGRITHGROINGRONEHERONHINGEHOGENHOINGHONERHONGIHOTENINERTINGOTINORBINTERINTROIRONEITHERNEIGHNIGERNIGHTNITERNITRENITRONORTHNOTEROHINGORBITOTHERREBITREIGNRENIGRHINERHINORHONERIGHTROBINRONTETENORTHEGNTHEINTHEIRTHINETHINGTHONGTHORNTHROBTHROETIGERTIGONTINGETOINGTONERTRIBETRIGOTRINETRONE
4 letter words (121)
BEGOBEINBENIBENTBERGBETHBIENBIERBINEBINGBINTBIOGBIROBITEBITOBOETBONEBONGBOREBORNBORTBOTEBOTHBREIBRENBRIEBRIGBRINBRIOBRITBROGEBONERGOGEITGENTGERTGIBEGIENGIRNGIROGIRTGITEGOBIGOERGONEGOREGORIGOTHGRENGRINGRITGROTHEIRHENTHERBHERNHEROHINGHINTHIREHONEHONGHORIHORNHOTEINGOINROINTOIRONNIGHNITENOIRNORINOTEOBITOGREOINTONERONIEREGOREINRENTRINERINGRIOTRITEROBEROINRONERONGRONTROTEROTITEHRTEINTERNTHENTHIGTHINTHIOTHIRTHONTHROTIERTIGETINETINGTIRETIROTOGETONETONGTORETORITORNTRIETRIGTRINTRIOTROGTRON
3 letter words (93)
BEGBENBETBIGBINBIOBITBOGBOHBOIBONBORBOTBROEGOENGEONERGERNETHGENGEOGERGETGHIGIBGIEGINGIOGITGOBGOEGONGORGOTHENHERHETHIEHINHITHOBHOEHOGHOIHONHOTINGIONIRENEBNEGNETNIBNIENITNOGNOHNORNOTNTHOBEOBIONEORBOREORTREBREGREHREIRENREORETRHORIBRIGRINRITROBROEROTTEGTENTHETHOTIETIGTINTOETOGTONTOR
2 letter words (27)
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