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TINSELLING

10 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What TINSELLING Means

TINSELLING is a form of TINSEL, which means:

  1. verb: impart a cheap brightness to“his tinseled image of Hollywood”
  2. verb: adorn with tinsel“snow flakes tinseled the trees”
  3. noun: a showy decoration that is basically valueless“all the tinsel of self-promotion”
  4. noun: a thread with glittering metal foil attached

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TINSELLING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 I1 N1 S1 E1 L1 L1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In TINSELLING

348 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.

9 letter words (3)

8 letter words (15)

7 letter words (45)

6 letter words (62)

5 letter words (71)

4 letter words (89)

3 letter words (49)

2 letter words (14)

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