What BESTING Means
BESTING is a form of BEST, which means:
- adverb: in a most excellent way or manner“he played best after a couple of martinis”
- adverb: it would be sensible“you'd best stay at home”
- noun: the supreme effort one can make“they did their best”
- noun: the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others“he could beat the best of them”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BESTING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 E1 S1 T1 I1 N1 G2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In BESTING
157 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 (8)
5 letter words (31)
BEGINBEINGBENISBENTSBESITBESTIBINESBINGEBINGSBINTSBITESGEISTGEITSGENTSGIBESGITESINSETNEISTNITESSEGNISENGISENTISIENTSINGESTEINSTINGTEINSTIGESTINESTINGETINGS
4 letter words (62)
BEGSBEINBENIBENSBENTBESTBETSBIENBIGSBINEBINGBINSBINTBISEBISTBITEBITSEGISENGSGEITGENSGENTGESTGETSGIBEGIBSGIENGIESGINSGISTGITEGITSINGSNEBSNEGSNESTNETSNIBSNIESNITENITSSENTSIENSIGNSINESINGSITESNEBSNIBSNIGSNITSTENSTIETEGSTEINTENSTIESTIGETIGSTINETINGTINS
3 letter words (42)
BEGBENBESBETBIGBINBISBITENGENSESTGENGETGIBGIEGINGISGITINGINSITSNEBNEGNETNIBNIENISNITSEGSEISENSETSIBSINSITTEGTENTESTIETIGTINTIS
2 letter words (14)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.