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NITRIFYING

10 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What NITRIFYING Means

NITRIFYING is a form of NITRIFY, which means:

  1. verb: convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria
  2. verb: treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NITRIFYING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 I1 T1 R1 I1 F4 Y4 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In NITRIFYING

74 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 (4)

6 letter words (11)

5 letter words (12)

4 letter words (19)

3 letter words (20)

2 letter words (7)

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