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WINKLING

8 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What WINKLING Means

WINKLING is a form of WINKLE, which means:

  1. verb: emit or reflect light in a flickering manner“Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?”
  2. verb: gleam or glow intermittently“The lights were flashing”
  3. noun: small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
  4. noun: edible marine gastropod

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

WINKLING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as W4 I1 N1 K5 L1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In WINKLING

42 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.

7 letter words (4)

6 letter words (6)

5 letter words (3)

4 letter words (13)

3 letter words (12)

2 letter words (4)

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