What DISCERNING Means
- adjective: having or revealing keen insight and good judgment“a discerning critic”
- adjective: unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic“a discerning editor”
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DISCERNING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 I1 S1 C3 E1 R1 N1 I1 N1 G2.
Anagrams of DISCERNING (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In DISCERNING
391 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.
9 letter words (2)
8 letter words (12)
7 letter words (47)
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6 letter words (82)
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5 letter words (86)
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4 letter words (94)
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3 letter words (55)
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2 letter words (13)
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