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SPONGING

8 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SPONGING Means

SPONGING is a form of SPONGE, which means:

  1. verb: wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
  2. verb: ask for and get free; be a parasite
  3. noun: a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
  4. noun: someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily“she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SPONGING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 P3 O1 N1 G2 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In SPONGING

107 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 (8)

5 letter words (16)

4 letter words (33)

3 letter words (33)

2 letter words (14)

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