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CANKERING

9 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CANKERING Means

CANKERING is a form of CANKER, which means:

  1. noun: a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark
  2. noun: an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
  3. verb: become infected with a canker
  4. verb: infect with a canker

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CANKERING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 N1 K5 E1 R1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In CANKERING

300 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 (22)

6 letter words (41)

5 letter words (58)

4 letter words (98)

3 letter words (61)

2 letter words (15)

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