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BADGING

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What BADGING Means

BADGING is a form of BADGE, which means:

  1. noun: an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)“they checked everyone's badge before letting them in”
  2. noun: any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank)“wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability”
  3. verb: put a badge on“The workers here must be badged”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BADGING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 D2 G2 I1 N1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In BADGING

63 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.

5 letter words (1)

4 letter words (19)

3 letter words (30)

2 letter words (13)

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