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CARVING

7 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What CARVING Means

  1. noun: a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape
  2. noun: removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CARVING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 R1 V4 I1 N1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 63 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of CARVING (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In CARVING

84 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 (5)

5 letter words (15)

4 letter words (30)

3 letter words (27)

2 letter words (7)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.