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FRAYING

7 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What FRAYING Means

FRAYING is a form of FRAY, which means:

  1. verb: wear away by rubbing“The friction frayed the sleeve”
  2. verb: cause friction“my sweater scratches”
  3. noun: a noisy fight

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FRAYING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 R1 A1 Y4 I1 N1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In FRAYING

95 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 (6)

5 letter words (10)

4 letter words (32)

3 letter words (34)

2 letter words (13)

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