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RELAYING

8 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What RELAYING Means

RELAYING is a form of RELAY, which means:

  1. noun: the act of passing something along from one person or group to another“the relay was successful”
  2. noun: a crew of workers who relieve another crew
  3. verb: pass along“Please relay the news to the villagers”
  4. verb: control or operate by relay

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RELAYING 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 E1 L1 A1 Y4 I1 N1 G2.

Anagrams of RELAYING (2)

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

Words Made From The Letters In RELAYING

331 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 (17)

6 letter words (39)

5 letter words (82)

4 letter words (106)

3 letter words (66)

2 letter words (21)

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