ENVELOPING

10 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What ENVELOPING Means

adjective: surrounding and closing in on or hemming in“the army's enveloping maneuver”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ENVELOPING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 N1 V4 E1 L1 O1 P3 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In ENVELOPING

257 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 (13)

EEVNING ELOPING ENLIVEN ENVELOP EPIGONE EVENING LEEPING LEONINE OPENING OVENING PEELING PEENING PEEVING

6 letter words (27)

ELEVON ELOIGN ENGINE EPIGON EPILOG GENNEL GINNEL LEEING LEGION LOIPEN LOPING LOVING OLEINE ONLINE PEEING PENILE PENING PIGEON PINENE PINGLE PINOLE PLONGE POLING PONGEE VENINE VENNEL VOLING

5 letter words (50)

4 letter words (88)

3 letter words (61)

EEL EEN EGO ENE ENG EON EVE EVO GEE GEL GEN GEO GIE GIN GIO GIP GOE GON GOV ING INN ION LEE LEG LEI LEP LEV LIE LIG LIN LIP LOG LOP NEE NEG NEP NIE NIL NIP NOG NON OIL OLE ONE OPE PEE PEG PEL PEN PIE PIG PIN POI POL VEE VEG VIE VIG VIN VOE VOL

2 letter words (18)

EE EL EN GI GO IN IO LI LO NE NO OE OI ON OP PE PI PO

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