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POWDERING

9 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What POWDERING Means

POWDERING is a form of POWDER, which means:

  1. noun: a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
  2. noun: a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
  3. verb: make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust“pulverize the grains”
  4. verb: apply powder to“She powdered her nose”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

POWDERING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 O1 W4 D2 E1 R1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In POWDERING

413 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 (3)

7 letter words (22)

6 letter words (60)

5 letter words (96)

4 letter words (115)

3 letter words (91)

2 letter words (26)

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