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UNSCREWING

10 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What UNSCREWING Means

UNSCREWING is a form of UNSCREW, which means:

  1. verb: loosen something by unscrewing it“unscrew the outlet plate”
  2. verb: loosen by turning“unscrew the bottle cap”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

UNSCREWING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as U1 N1 S1 C3 R1 E1 W4 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In UNSCREWING

398 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 (1)

8 letter words (7)

7 letter words (33)

6 letter words (64)

5 letter words (99)

4 letter words (107)

3 letter words (71)

2 letter words (16)

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