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GOOSING

7 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What GOOSING Means

GOOSING is a form of GOOSE, which means:

  1. noun: web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
  2. noun: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
  3. verb: pinch in the buttocks“he goosed the unsuspecting girl”
  4. verb: prod into action

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

GOOSING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 O1 O1 S1 I1 N1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In GOOSING

72 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 (3)

5 letter words (8)

4 letter words (24)

3 letter words (25)

2 letter words (12)

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