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SKINNING

8 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SKINNING Means

SKINNING is a form of SKIN, which means:

  1. noun: a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch“your skin is the largest organ of your body”
  2. noun: an outer surface (usually thin)“the skin of an airplane”
  3. verb: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
  4. verb: bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of“The boy skinned his knee when he fell”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SKINNING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 K5 I1 N1 N1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In SKINNING

42 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 (5)

5 letter words (3)

4 letter words (14)

3 letter words (12)

2 letter words (5)

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