CARESSING

9 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CARESSING Means

noun: affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CARESSING 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 R1 E1 S1 S1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In CARESSING

552 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 (14)

ARCSINES ARSENICS ASSIGNER CAGINESS CEASINGS CERASINS CREASING GRECIANS RACINESS REASSIGN SACRINGS SEARCING SEARINGS SERINGAS

7 letter words (45)

6 letter words (98)

5 letter words (153)

4 letter words (150)

3 letter words (75)

ACE AGE AGS AIN AIR AIS ANE ANI ANS ARC ARE ARS CAG CAN CAR CIG CIS EAN EAR EAS ENG ENS ERA ERG ERN ERS ESS GAE GAN GAR GAS GEN GER GIE GIN GIS ICE ING INS IRE NAE NAG NAS NEG NIE NIS RAG RAI RAN RAS REC REG REI REN RES RIA RIG RIN SAC SAE SAG SAI SAN SAR SEA SEC SEG SEI SEN SER SIC SIN SIR SIS SRI

2 letter words (17)

AE AG AI AN AR AS EA EN ER ES GI IN IS NA NE RE SI

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