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PIQUING

7 letters, 19 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What PIQUING Means

PIQUING is a form of PIQUE, which means:

  1. noun: tightly woven fabric with raised cords
  2. noun: a sudden outburst of anger“his temper sparked like damp firewood”
  3. verb: cause to feel resentment or indignation“Her tactless remark offended me”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PIQUING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 I1 Q10 U1 I1 N1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 69 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In PIQUING

29 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 (2)

4 letter words (4)

3 letter words (14)

2 letter words (9)

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