What THICKENING Means
- noun: any material used to thicken“starch is used in cooking as a thickening”
- noun: any thickened enlargement
- adjective: accumulating and becoming more intense“the deepening gloom”
- adjective: becoming more intricate or complex“a thickening plot”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
THICKENING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 H4 I1 C3 K5 E1 N1 I1 N1 G2.
Anagrams of THICKENING (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In THICKENING
197 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 (5)
7 letter words (25)
CHETNIKCHININGCHINKIEETCHINGHENTINGHINTINGICHNITEINCHINGITCHINGKENTINGKINCHINKINETICKINETINKITCHENKITHINGNECKINGNICHINGNICKINGNIGHTIENITCHIENITHINGTHICKENTHICKIETICKINGTINKING
6 letter words (26)
CHITINCITINGECHINGECHINIEIKINGETHNICHETINGHICKIEHIEINGHIKINGICHINGIGNITEINCENTINCITEINGINEINKINGINTINEKEIGHTKITINGKNIGHTKNITCHTICINGTICKENTIEINGTININGTINNIE
5 letter words (29)
CHINEEHINGEIGHTEKINGETHICGENICGENIIHINGEICINGINNITKENCHKETCHKIGHTKININKITHENEIGHNICHENICHTNIGHTNINTHTENCHTHEGNTHEICTHEINTHICKTHINETHINGTHINKTINGE
4 letter words (52)
CENTCHIKCHINCHITCINECITEECHTETCHETICGECKGEITGENTGIENGINKGINNGITEHECKHENTHICKHIKEHINGHINTINCHINTIITCHKENTKHETKINEKINGKITEKITHKNITNECKNICENICKNIGHNINENITETECHTEINTHENTHIGTHINTICETICHTICKTIGETIKETIKITINETINGTINK
3 letter words (47)
CHECHICIGCITECHEIKENGETHGENGETGHIGIEGINGITHENHETHICHIEHINHITICEICHICKINGINKINNKEGKENKETKHIKINKITNEGNEKNETNIENITNTHTECTEGTENTHETICTIETIGTIKTIN
2 letter words (13)
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