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LURCHING

8 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What LURCHING Means

LURCHING is a form of LURCH, which means:

  1. verb: walk as if unable to control one's movements“The drunken man staggered into the room”
  2. verb: move abruptly“The ship suddenly lurched to the left”
  3. noun: an unsteady uneven gait
  4. noun: a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LURCHING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 U1 R1 C3 H4 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In LURCHING

101 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.

7 letter words (3)

6 letter words (8)

5 letter words (19)

4 letter words (29)

3 letter words (31)

2 letter words (11)

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