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YELLOWING

9 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What YELLOWING Means

YELLOWING is a form of YELLOW, which means:

  1. adjective: of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
  2. adjective: easily frightened
  3. noun: yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
  4. verb: turn yellow“The pages of the book began to yellow”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

YELLOWING 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 Y4 E1 L1 L1 O1 W4 I1 N1 G2.

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