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EMPLOYING

9 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What EMPLOYING Means

EMPLOYING is a form of EMPLOY, which means:

  1. verb: put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose“use your head!”
  2. verb: engage or hire for work“They hired two new secretaries in the department”
  3. noun: the state of being employed or having a job“they are looking for employment”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

EMPLOYING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 M3 P3 L1 O1 Y4 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In EMPLOYING

321 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 (1)

7 letter words (6)

6 letter words (38)

5 letter words (63)

4 letter words (104)

3 letter words (82)

2 letter words (27)

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