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HOBBING

7 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What HOBBING Means

HOBBING is a form of HOB, which means:

  1. noun: (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
  2. noun: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
  3. verb: cut with a hob

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HOBBING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 O1 B3 B3 I1 N1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 65 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In HOBBING

54 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 (6)

4 letter words (8)

3 letter words (26)

2 letter words (13)

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