What DELAYING Means
DELAYING is a form of DELAY, which means:
- verb: cause to be slowed down or delayed“Traffic was delayed by the bad weather”
- verb: act later than planned, scheduled, or required“Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered”
- noun: time during which some action is awaited“instant replay caused too long a delay”
- noun: the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DELAYING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 L1 A1 Y4 I1 N1 G2.
Words Made From The Letters In DELAYING
282 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 (28)
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5 letter words (62)
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4 letter words (91)
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3 letter words (71)
AGEAIDAILAINALEANDANEANIANYAYEDAEDAGDALDANDAYDEGDEIDELDENDEYDIEDIGDINDYEEANELDENDENGGADGAEGALGANGAYGEDGELGENGEYGIDGIEGINIDEINGLADLAGLAYLEALEDLEGLEILEYLIDLIELIGLINLYENAENAGNAYNEDNEGNIDNIENILNYEYADYAEYAGYEAYENYIDYIN
2 letter words (24)
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