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CANDLING

8 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What CANDLING Means

CANDLING is a form of CANDLE, which means:

  1. noun: stick of wax with a wick in the middle
  2. noun: the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
  3. verb: examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CANDLING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 N1 D2 L1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In CANDLING

111 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 (19)

4 letter words (37)

3 letter words (33)

2 letter words (13)

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