What HOLDING Means
- noun: the act of retaining something
- noun: something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone“that hat is my property”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
HOLDING 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 H4 O1 L1 D2 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.
Words Made From The Letters In HOLDING
86 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 (8)
4 letter words (28)
DHOLDINGDINODIOLDONGGILDGLIDGOLDHILDHINDHINGHOLDHONDHONGIDOLINGOLIDOLINDLINGLINOLIONLOIDLOINLONGNIGHNODINOILOLID
3 letter words (32)
2 letter words (16)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.