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PARING

6 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What PARING Means

  1. noun: a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
  2. noun: (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel“she could peel an apple with a single long paring”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PARING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 A1 R1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In PARING

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.

5 letter words (8)

4 letter words (25)

3 letter words (26)

2 letter words (9)

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