What EXTORTING Means
EXTORTING is a form of EXTORT, which means:
- verb: obtain through intimidation
- verb: obtain by coercion or intimidation“They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
EXTORTING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 X8 T1 O1 R1 T1 I1 N1 G2.
Words Made From The Letters In EXTORTING
241 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 (2)
7 letter words (7)
6 letter words (26)
ENGIRTERINGOEXTORTGOITERGOITREGOTTENIGNOREINTORTNITROXNORITEOREXINORIENTREGIONRETINTROTINGROTTENTINTERTOEINGTONGERTONIERTONITETORTENTOTINGTOXINETRIGONTRITON
5 letter words (46)
ERGONERGOTERINGETTINEXINGGENROGIRONGOIERGONERGREINGRIOTGROINGRONEINERTINGOTINTERINTROIRONENIGERNITERNITRENITRONIXERNOTEROTTEROXTERREIGNRENIGRONTEROTTETENORTETRITIGERTIGONTINGETITERTITRETOINGTONERTORTETOTERTOXINTRIGOTRINETRITETRONE
4 letter words (81)
ERGOEXITEXONGEITGENTGERTGIENGIRNGIROGIRTGITEGOERGONEGOREGORIGRENGREXGRINGRITGROTINGOINROINTOIRONNETTNEXTNITENIXENOIRNORINOTENOTTOGREOINTONERONIEOXENOXERREGOREINRENTRINERINGRIOTRITERITTROINRONERONGRONTROTEROTITEINTENTTERNTEXTTIERTIGETINETINGTINTTIRETIROTITETOGETOITTONETONGTORETORITORNTORTTOTETRETTRIETRIGTRINTRIOTROGTRONTROT
3 letter words (58)
EGOENGEONERGERNEXOGENGEOGERGETGIEGINGIOGITGOEGONGORGOTGOXINGIONIRENEGNETNIENITNIXNOGNORNOTNOXONEOREORTREGREIRENREORETREXRIGRINRITROEROTTEGTENTETTEXTIETIGTINTIXTOETOGTONTORTOT
2 letter words (21)
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