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BUTTONING

9 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What BUTTONING Means

BUTTONING is a form of BUTTON, which means:

  1. noun: a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc. to fit through buttonholes
  2. noun: an electrical switch operated by pressing“the elevator was operated by push buttons”
  3. verb: provide with buttons“button a shirt”
  4. verb: fasten with buttons“button the dress”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BUTTONING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 U1 T1 T1 O1 N1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In BUTTONING

128 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 (6)

6 letter words (10)

5 letter words (14)

4 letter words (33)

3 letter words (46)

2 letter words (19)

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