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HOLLOWING

9 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What HOLLOWING Means

HOLLOWING is a form of HOLLOW, which means:

  1. adjective: not solid; having a space or gap or cavity“a hollow wall”
  2. adjective: as if echoing in a hollow space“the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom”
  3. noun: a cavity or space in something“hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks”
  4. noun: a small valley between mountains“he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HOLLOWING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 O1 L1 L1 O1 W4 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In HOLLOWING

116 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 (1)

6 letter words (10)

5 letter words (15)

4 letter words (37)

3 letter words (37)

2 letter words (15)

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