What CLAWING Means
CLAWING is a form of CLAW, which means:
- noun: sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles
- noun: a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- verb: move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging“They clawed their way to the top of the mountain”
- verb: clutch as if in panic“She clawed the doorknob”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CLAWING 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 L1 A1 W4 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.
Words Made From The Letters In CLAWING
76 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 (4)
5 letter words (13)
4 letter words (22)
3 letter words (27)
2 letter words (10)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.