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AWAKING

7 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What AWAKING Means

AWAKING is a form of AWAKE, which means:

  1. adjective: not in a state of sleep; completely conscious“lay awake thinking about his new job”
  2. adjective: mentally perceptive and responsive“an alert mind”
  3. verb: stop sleeping“She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

AWAKING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 W4 A1 K5 I1 N1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 65 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In AWAKING

69 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.

6 letter words (3)

5 letter words (8)

4 letter words (23)

3 letter words (25)

2 letter words (10)

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