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LOOKING

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What LOOKING Means

  1. noun: the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look“he went out to have a look”
  2. noun: the act of searching visually
  3. adjective: appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms“left their clothes dirty looking”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LOOKING 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 L1 O1 O1 K5 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 LOOKING

69 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 (3)

5 letter words (6)

4 letter words (26)

3 letter words (22)

2 letter words (12)

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