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NOOSING

7 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What NOOSING Means

NOOSING is a form of NOOSE, which means:

  1. noun: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
  2. noun: a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled
  3. verb: make a noose in or of
  4. verb: secure with a noose

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NOOSING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 O1 O1 S1 I1 N1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 58 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In NOOSING

68 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 (4)

5 letter words (5)

4 letter words (22)

3 letter words (25)

2 letter words (12)

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