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DISTENDING

10 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What DISTENDING Means

DISTENDING is a form of DISTEND, which means:

  1. verb: become wider“His pupils were dilated”
  2. verb: cause to expand as if by internal pressure“The gas distended the animal's body”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DISTENDING 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 I1 S1 T1 E1 N1 D2 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In DISTENDING

327 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 (16)

7 letter words (39)

6 letter words (58)

5 letter words (62)

4 letter words (83)

3 letter words (51)

2 letter words (16)

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