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DISHING

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What DISHING Means

DISHING is a form of DISH, which means:

  1. noun: a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food“we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present”
  2. noun: a particular item of prepared food“she prepared a special dish for dinner”
  3. verb: provide (usually but not necessarily food)“We serve meals for the homeless”
  4. verb: make concave; shape like a dish

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DISHING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 I1 S1 H4 I1 N1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of DISHING (2)

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

Words Made From The Letters In DISHING

56 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 (2)

5 letter words (4)

4 letter words (25)

3 letter words (17)

2 letter words (8)

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