FOSTERING

9 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What FOSTERING Means

noun: encouragement; aiding the development of something
noun: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community“they debated whether nature or nurture was more important”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FOSTERING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 O1 S1 T1 E1 R1 I1 N1 G2.

Anagrams of FOSTERING (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

FORESTING

Words Made From The Letters In FOSTERING

696 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)

FROSTING GENITORS ROSETING

7 letter words (35)

6 letter words (123)

5 letter words (198)

EOSIN ERGON ERGOS ERGOT ERING ESTRO FEIGN FEINT FEIST FENIS FENTS FERNS FETOR FIENT FIERS FIEST FIGOS FINER FINES FINOS FIRES FIRNS FIRST FOGIE FOINS FOIST FONTS FORES FORGE FORTE FORTS FREIT FRETS FRIES FRIGS FRISE FRIST FRITS FROES FROGS FRONS FRONT FROST GEIST GEITS GENRO GENTS GIFTS GIRNS GIRON GIROS GIRTS GITES GOERS GOEST GOFER GOIER GONEF GONER GONIF GORES GORIS GORSE GREIN GRENS GRIEF GRIFT GRINS GRIOT GRISE GRIST GRITS GROIN GRONE GROTS INERT INFER INFOS INGOT INSET INTER INTRO IRONE IRONS NEIFS NEIST NERTS NIEFS NIFES NIGER NITER NITES NITRE NITRO NOIRS NOISE NORIS NOSER NOTER NOTES OFTEN OFTER OGRES OINTS ONERS ONSET ORFES ORNIS OSIER REFIT REGOS REIFS REIGN REINS REIST RENIG RENTS RESIN RESIT RESTO RIFTE RIFTS RINES RINGS RINSE RIOTS RISEN RITES ROINS ROIST RONES RONTE RONTS ROSET ROSIN ROSIT ROSTI ROTES ROTIS SEGNI SEGNO SENGI SENOR SENTI SERIF SERIN SERON SETON SIENT SINGE SIREN SNIFT SNIRT SNORE SNORT SOGER STEIN STENO STERN STING STIRE STONE STONG STORE STRIG TEINS TENOR TERFS TERNS TIERS TIGER TIGES TIGON TINES TINGE TINGS TIRES TIROS TOGES TOING TOISE TONER TONES TONGS TORES TORSE TORSI TREIF TRIES TRIGO TRIGS TRINE TRINS TRIOS TROGS TROIS TRONE TRONS

4 letter words (202)

3 letter words (107)

EFS EFT EGO ENG ENS EON ERF ERG ERN ERS EST FEG FEN FER FES FET FIE FIG FIN FIR FIT FOE FOG FON FOR FRO GEN GEO GER GET GIE GIF GIN GIO GIS GIT GOE GON GOR GOS GOT IFS ING INS ION IOS IRE ISO ITS NEF NEG NET NIE NIS NIT NOG NOR NOS NOT OES OFT OIS ONE ONS ORE ORF ORS ORT OSE REF REG REI REN REO RES RET RIF RIG RIN RIT ROE ROT SEG SEI SEN SER SET SIF SIN SIR SIT SOG SON SOT SRI TEF TEG TEN TES TIE TIG TIN TIS TOE TOG TON TOR

2 letter words (28)

EF EN ER ES ET FE GI GO IF IN IO IS IT NE NO OE OF OI ON OR OS RE SI SO ST TE TI TO

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