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CUNNING

7 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What CUNNING Means

  1. adjective: attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness“a cute kid with pigtails”
  2. adjective: marked by skill in deception“cunning men often pass for wise”
  3. noun: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  4. noun: crafty artfulness (especially in deception)

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CUNNING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 U1 N1 N1 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 CUNNING

17 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 (2)

3 letter words (8)

2 letter words (6)

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