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FLINCHING

9 letters, 18 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What FLINCHING Means

FLINCHING is a form of FLINCH, which means:

  1. noun: a reflex response to sudden pain
  2. verb: draw back, as with fear or pain“she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FLINCHING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 L1 I1 N1 C3 H4 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In FLINCHING

54 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 (3)

6 letter words (6)

5 letter words (11)

4 letter words (11)

3 letter words (16)

2 letter words (6)

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