What DAMPING Means
DAMPING is a form of DAMP, which means:
- verb: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- verb: restrain or discourage“the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere”
- noun: a slight wetness
- adjective: slightly wet“clothes damp with perspiration”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DAMPING 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 D2 A1 M3 P3 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 DAMPING
97 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 (1)
5 letter words (5)
4 letter words (33)
AGINAMIDAMINDAMPDANGDIMPDINGGADIGAIDGAINGAMPGIMPIGADMAGIMAIDMAINMANDMANGMANIMINAMINDMINGNGAINIPAPADIPAIDPAINPANDPANGPIANPIMAPINAPING
3 letter words (43)
AIDAIMAINAMIAMPANDANIDAGDAMDANDAPDIGDIMDINDIPGADGAMGANGAPGIDGINGIPIMPINGMADMAGMANMAPMIDMIGMNANAGNAMNAPNIDNIMNIPPADPAMPANPIAPIGPIN
2 letter words (15)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.