KIDNAPPING

What KIDNAPPING Means

1. noun: (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

KIDNAPPING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as K5 I1 D2 N1 A1 P3 P3 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In KIDNAPPING

143 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.

9 letter words (1)

8 letter words (1)

7 letter words (12)

6 letter words (19)

5 letter words (13)

4 letter words (44)

3 letter words (39)

2 letter words (14)

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