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TORCHING

8 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What TORCHING Means

TORCHING is a form of TORCH, which means:

  1. noun: a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
  2. noun: tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
  3. verb: burn maliciously, as by arson“The madman torched the barns”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TORCHING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 O1 R1 C3 H4 I1 N1 G2.

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