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CANALING

8 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CANALING Means

CANALING is a form of CANAL, which means:

  1. noun: (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
  2. noun: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance“the tear duct was obstructed”
  3. verb: provide (a city) with a canal

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CANALING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 N1 A1 L1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In CANALING

99 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 (2)

6 letter words (8)

5 letter words (21)

4 letter words (33)

3 letter words (25)

2 letter words (10)

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