WITHERINGS

10 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What WITHERINGS Means

WITHERINGS is a form of WITHERING, which means:

adjective: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction“possessing annihilative power”
adjective: making light of“afire with annihilating invective”
noun: any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

WITHERINGS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as W4 I1 T1 H4 E1 R1 I1 N1 G2 S1.

Anagrams of WITHERINGS (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

SWITHERING

Words Made From The Letters In WITHERINGS

610 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 (4)

WHINGIEST WINTERISH WITHERING WRITHINGS

8 letter words (30)

7 letter words (63)

6 letter words (102)

5 letter words (159)

4 letter words (158)

3 letter words (75)

EHS ENG ENS ERG ERN ERS EST ETH EWT GEN GER GET GHI GIE GIN GIS GIT HEN HER HES HET HEW HIE HIN HIS HIT ING INS IRE ISH ITS IWI NEG NET NEW NIE NIS NIT NTH REG REH REI REN RES RET REW RIG RIN RIT SEG SEI SEN SER SET SEW SHE SIN SIR SIT SRI TEG TEN TES TEW THE TIE TIG TIN TIS WEN WET WIG WIN WIS WIT

2 letter words (19)

EH EN ER ES ET GI HE HI IN IS IT NE RE SH SI ST TE TI WE

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