LATHERING

9 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What LATHERING Means

LATHERING is a form of LATHER, which means:

noun: the froth produced by soaps or detergents
noun: agitation resulting from active worry“don't get in a stew”
verb: beat severely with a whip or rod“The teacher often flogged the students”
verb: form a lather“The shaving cream lathered”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LATHERING 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 L1 A1 T1 H4 E1 R1 I1 N1 G2.

Anagrams of LATHERING (3)

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

EARTHLING HALTERING HEARTLING

Words Made From The Letters In LATHERING

646 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 (15)

ALERTING ALTERING ATHELING EARTHING HEARTING INGATHER INTEGRAL LITHARGE NARGHILE NARGILEH RELATING TANGLIER TERAGLIN THIRLAGE TRIANGLE

7 letter words (54)

6 letter words (108)

5 letter words (149)

4 letter words (192)

3 letter words (100)

AGE AHI AIL AIN AIR AIT ALE ALT ANE ANI ANT ARE ART ATE EAN EAR EAT ELT ENG ERA ERG ERN ETA ETH GAE GAL GAN GAR GAT GEL GEN GER GET GHI GIE GIN GIT HAE HAG HAN HAT HEN HER HET HIE HIN HIT ING IRE ITA LAG LAH LAR LAT LEA LEG LEI LET LIE LIG LIN LIT NAE NAG NAH NAT NEG NET NIE NIL NIT NTH RAG RAH RAI RAN RAT REG REH REI REN RET RIA RIG RIN RIT TAE TAG TAI TAN TAR TEA TEG TEL TEN THE TIE TIG TIL TIN

2 letter words (28)

AE AG AH AI AL AN AR AT EA EH EL EN ER ET GI HA HE HI IN IT LA LI NA NE RE TA TE TI

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