EXPLAINING Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What EXPLAINING Means

EXPLAINING is a form of EXPLAIN, which means:

verb: make plain and comprehensible“He explained the laws of physics to his students”
verb: define“The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

EXPLAINING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 X8 P3 L1 A1 I1 N1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In EXPLAINING

262 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 (3)

ALIENING PANELING PLAINING

7 letter words (18)

ALINING ANELING ANILINE EANLING EXILIAN EXILING EXPLAIN LEANING LEAPING NAILING NEALING NEAPING PAINING PEALING PEANING PEINING PLANING PLEAING

6 letter words (36)

5 letter words (50)

4 letter words (78)

3 letter words (57)

AGE AIL AIN ALE ALP ANE ANI ANN APE AXE EAN ENG GAE GAL GAN GAP GEL GEN GIE GIN GIP ING INN LAG LAP LAX LEA LEG LEI LEP LEX LIE LIG LIN LIP NAE NAG NAN NAP NEG NEP NIE NIL NIP NIX PAL PAN PAX PEA PEG PEL PEN PIA PIE PIG PIN PIX

2 letter words (20)

AE AG AI AL AN AX EA EL EN EX GI IN LA LI NA NE PA PE PI XI

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.

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