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LEADING

7 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What LEADING Means

  1. adjective: indicating the most important performer or role“the leading man”
  2. adjective: greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement“the country's leading poet”
  3. noun: thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
  4. noun: the activity of leading“his leadership inspired the team”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LEADING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 E1 A1 D2 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.

Anagrams of LEADING (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Next: the full rack page for these seven tiles, and the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.