What PUMPING Means
PUMPING is a form of PUMP, which means:
- verb: operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal“pump the gas pedal”
- verb: deliver forth“pump bullets into the dummy”
- noun: a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
- noun: the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body“he stood still, his heart thumping wildly”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PUMPING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 U1 M3 P3 I1 N1 G2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In PUMPING
48 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 (2)
4 letter words (10)
3 letter words (22)
2 letter words (11)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.