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STRIKING

8 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What STRIKING Means

  1. noun: the physical coming together of two or more things“contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull”
  2. noun: the act of contacting one thing with another“repeated hitting raised a large bruise”
  3. adjective: sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect“a dramatic sunset”
  4. adjective: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention“an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

STRIKING 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 T1 R1 I1 K5 I1 N1 G2.

Anagrams of STRIKING (1)

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

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