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KIDDING

7 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What KIDDING Means

KIDDING is a form of KID, which means:

  1. noun: a young person of either sex“she writes books for children”
  2. noun: soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat“kid gloves”
  3. verb: tell false information to for fun“Are you pulling my leg?”
  4. verb: be silly or tease one another“After we relaxed, we just kidded around”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

KIDDING 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 K5 I1 D2 D2 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 KIDDING

21 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)

4 letter words (5)

3 letter words (10)

2 letter words (5)

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