What GOUGING Means
GOUGING is a form of GOUGE, which means:
- noun: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
- noun: and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves
- verb: force with the thumb“gouge out his eyes”
- verb: obtain by coercion or intimidation“They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
GOUGING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 O1 U1 G2 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 GOUGING
31 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 (2)
4 letter words (5)
3 letter words (11)
2 letter words (12)
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