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RANSOMING

9 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What RANSOMING Means

RANSOMING is a form of RANSOM, which means:

  1. noun: money demanded for the return of a captured person
  2. noun: payment for the release of someone
  3. verb: exchange or buy back for money; under threat

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RANSOMING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 A1 N1 S1 O1 M3 I1 N1 G2.

Anagrams of RANSOMING (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In RANSOMING

447 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 (6)

7 letter words (28)

6 letter words (67)

5 letter words (103)

4 letter words (136)

3 letter words (84)

2 letter words (23)

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