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PLACING

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What PLACING Means

PLACING is a form of PLACE, which means:

  1. noun: a point located with respect to surface features of some region“this is a nice place for a picnic”
  2. noun: any area set aside for a particular purpose“who owns this place?”
  3. verb: put into a certain place or abstract location“Put your things here”
  4. verb: place somebody in a particular situation or location“he was placed on probation”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PLACING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 L1 A1 C3 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 PLACING

94 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 (5)

5 letter words (16)

4 letter words (31)

3 letter words (31)

2 letter words (11)

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