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RUBBING

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What RUBBING Means

  1. noun: the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
  2. noun: representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RUBBING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 U1 B3 B3 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 RUBBING

56 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 (7)

4 letter words (14)

3 letter words (27)

2 letter words (8)

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